Lb1 Nursery

Highlights from Latest Inspection

What is it like to attend this early years setting?

The provision is good

Leaders and staff welcome children into this wonderful nursery to enthusiastically get them ready for their day.

Children benefit from responsive interactions with staff and have formed secure relationships. Staff support children with confidence in wiping their own noses, developing a sense of self-care. They pride themselves on building strong bonds with children and create 'All About Me' books to help children settle into nursery.

Children excitedly explore their physical skills. They have opportunities to practise running, hopping and skipping. Children energetically take part in ring games to challenge their physi...cal capabilities and develop confidence.

Staff positively lead yoga sessions and reassure children, sharing positive affirmations. These experiences help children to build and manage their feelings. Leaders and staff apply high expectations of boundaries and support all children to show care and respect for one another.

For example, children demonstrate turn-taking on a slide and wait for another child to slide down before patiently taking their turn. Staff are role models and encourage children to make their own choices and develop positive attitudes to learning. Children eagerly find their own outdoor coats and happily demonstrate putting these on, ready to go out to play.

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

The leaders and manager have a positive and clear view of the curriculum. They help children to understand care and kindness to support their well-being, as well as to understand their differences. Staff know children well and make them feel secure with an established key-person system.

Children are supported to be independent learners. They confidently wipe their own noses and dispose of their own tissues, demonstrating a good understanding of effective hygiene practices.Children are provided with various physical experiences.

They show deep concentration when practising their balancing skills. For example, children play on balance boards to test their balancing and build their core strength. Staff interact with children enthusiastically and celebrate their success.

The special educational needs coordinator works in partnership with other professionals to ensure that delays in children's development are identified and to establish effective strategies. There is a significant focus on promoting children's communication and language development. This helps children to receive additional support they are entitled to.

Overall, staff support children in their interests. They extend children's learning and understand how to move them on in their development. Staff encourage children to learn during group times.

However, staff do not always ensure that group times fully maintain children's focus so that they get the most out of their learning.Parents give positive feedback about the nursery and have regular opportunities to share what they think about the provision. They feel that communication is a real strength and that they receive consistent updates about their child's development and learning.

Parents state that they know their child's key person well and there are great efforts made to ensure that key persons build secure relationships with children. The manager and staff prioritise finding ways for families to support children's learning at home.Children are confident to interact with adults during their play.

Staff prepare a range of activities linked to transport and animals, reflecting children's current interests. Children confidently share what they are thinking and actively discuss their knowledge. For example, as they wash toy dinosaurs with sponges, soap and water, they talk about how they can make more space for more toys to be washed.

Children express that they can 'take some out' once each toy has been washed, to then be able to wash more. This gives children opportunities to express themselves and to problem-solve.Staff report that they feel well supported by the leaders and manager.

The manager ensures that the well-being of staff is prioritised and they develop the provision. Staff have opportunities to discuss their professional development and reflect on their own well-being and practice regularly. This helps staff to feel valued at work.

Safeguarding

The arrangements for safeguarding are effective.There is an open and positive culture around safeguarding that puts children's interests first.

What does the setting need to do to improve?

To further improve the quality of the early years provision, the provider should: nadapt the management of group activities to ensure that they fully maintain children's focus and children get the most out of their learning during these times.