Honeybear House Day Nursery

Highlights from Latest Inspection

What is it like to attend this early years setting?

The provision is good

Children and parents arrive at the setting and are greeted by enthusiastic staff.

Children are motivated to learn and enjoy a good range of exciting experiences. Babies have fun taking part in activities that encourage them to use their senses. They laugh and babble as they explore the texture of paint with their hands and bare feet.

Toddlers show curiosity as they mix red and white paint together to create the colour pink. Older children are encouraged to make choices and become independent learners. For example, they carefully choose their own resources to make a 'friendship card'.

They cut, colour, stick an...d print to create their card and proudly write their names on the back when they have finished. Children develop close relationships with their key person and the other staff in their rooms. They are supported effectively when they reach the age or stage of development to move to the next room.

Children behave well. They share the resources and readily listen and respond to staff requests. Children learn to use good manners and respect other people.

For example, during circle time, they are encouraged to listen when others are speaking. Children are confident to talk to visitors and demonstrate mature language, such as 'awesome', to describe the staff.

What does the early years setting do well and what does it need to do better?

Leadership is strong.

The manager has a good overview of the curriculum and knows exactly what she wants children to learn. The curriculum is understood clearly by staff and embedded throughout the nursery. The manager works with the staff team to ensure children are provided with a range of activities that focus on their interests and next steps in learning.

She monitors children's progress to help identify any possible gaps in their learning and development.Staff know their children well. They talk in detail about what children are able to do and how they plan to help them make progress.

Staff communicate with parents about their child's care routines, experiences and development. However, they do not yet consistently ensure that parents are provided with information that gives them the opportunity to further support and extend their child's learning at home.Staff support children's communication and language skills well.

They engage with children in back-and-forth conversations and encourage them to talk about their interests and experiences. Staff speak clearly and model words for children to repeat. Throughout the day, children of all ages enjoy sharing books with adults and listen attentively.

Staff take every opportunity for children to develop their early mathematics skills. Across the nursery, they support children to develop an understanding of number through regular careful counting of objects, such as the plates and bowls at mealtimes. Older children count the bricks in the towers they make, and staff challenge their addition and subtraction skills by asking them to take away and add bricks.

Staff plan exciting and challenging activities. However, occasionally, despite group activities being interesting, some children do not remain fully engaged. For example, as children make dough, they take turns to write the number of cups of flour they use on a recipe card.

As there are only two cards for the whole group, children have to wait a while before it is their turn and they become distracted.The nursery cook provides healthy meals and snacks throughout the day. Independence is encouraged from a young age.

Older children serve their own food and pour their own drinks, and babies and young children are encouraged to feed themselves. Staff support older children to wipe their own faces and brush their teeth after mealtimes.The manager evaluates the provision and is committed to making improvements to raise the quality of care and learning to the highest level.

She observes staff practice and provides feedback to help improve the quality of their teaching. Staff talk positively about the support they receive from the manager.Parents speak highly of the nursery.

They comment that staff are very friendly and know their children well. Parents advise that their children settle quickly, enjoy spending time at the nursery and make good progress.

Safeguarding

The arrangements for safeguarding are effective.

Staff have a secure understanding of the possible signs and behaviours that may indicate a child is at risk of harm. They are clear about how to refer any concerns, both within the nursery and to relevant external agencies. Staff understand how to respond to any concerns they may have about another member of staff's behaviour.

Staff attend safeguarding training, including wider aspects of safeguarding, such as radicalisation. A thorough recruitment and induction procedure is in place to ensure children are cared for by staff who are suitable to do so.

What does the setting need to do to improve?

To further improve the quality of the early years provision, the provider should: nextend the good communication with parents, to provide information about how they can support and extend their child's learning at home review the organisation of group activities to ensure the needs of all children are consistently met.

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