Perfect Start Children’s Day Nursery

Highlights from Latest Inspection

What is it like to attend this early years setting?

The provision is good

Children have many opportunities to develop their physical skills. They regularly play outside in the fresh air, where they learn to play games with their friends.

Babies practise climbing steps and roll balls to staff. Children are developing their small-muscle skills. They make marks with chunky chalks, and paint using brushes.

Children pour water into containers and sand into funnels, and scoop rice into pots. Children enjoy mealtimes. They sit with their friends and chat about the healthy foods they like to eat and those that are not so good for them.

Children are beginning to learn about oral hygiene; the...y pretend to brush teeth as part of their imaginative play and listen to stories about how to keep their teeth healthy. Children behave well and develop a positive attitude to learning. They eagerly participate in the interesting range of activities provided.

Children confidently chat to staff during their play. They learn to recognise letters in their name and think of other items starting with the same letter. Children serve their food at mealtimes, pour their drink, and put their coat on before they go into the garden.

This helps to develop their independence skills.

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

Leaders and managers effectively monitor staff practice and identify the targeted support they require. Staff receive regular praise and recognition through 'the staff appreciation station'.

New staff and those who take on more senior roles receive a detailed induction. This helps them to understand the role they play within the organisation and their position within the team. Leaders and managers provide information for staff to support their well-being, including issues that affect them outside of the work environment.

Regular training enables staff to keep their skills and knowledge up to date.Staff demonstrate that they understand how children learn and plan a challenging curriculum for each age range. They provide good levels of engagement for all children and implement well-organised activities to stimulate learning.

Staff deployment is effective, which enables them to supervise children well and help them learn. However, the daily routine is less successful, particularly during the transition to lunchtime. For instance, children wait long periods of time to wash their hands and noise levels increase.

This prevents children and staff from listening to and hearing each other.Staff plan and provide regular opportunities for children to develop their communication and language skills, including those who speak English as an additional language. They sing songs and use simple actions and signing to help children understand the meaning of words.

Children learn to use those signs to make their needs known. For example, when they want more fruit, they sign 'more'. Staff extend children's vocabulary through well-planned activities.

For instance, when playing with dinosaurs, children learn new words, such as 'herbivore' and 'carnivore'.Staff nurture babies and are attentive to their care needs, making them feel safe and secure. They ensure nappies are regularly checked, and change children's clothes if they are wet from water play.

Staff support children's learning by participating in their play. They plan experiences to enable children to learn about different cultures. For instance, children try a range of foods, dance to music, and learn new words in different languages.

Staff have high expectations of all children. They provide a challenging learning environment, which links to children's interests and skills that they need to learn to progress in their development. Staff encourage children's good behaviour and work with parents to provide consistency.

Children that require additional support have a more-targeted focus plan to help them manage their emotions.Parents comment that they are happy with the provision. They feel that they are well informed by the key person when they collect their child.

Parents receive regular updates from staff about their child's development. Parents confirm that staff are friendly and approachable.

Safeguarding

The arrangements for safeguarding are effective.

Staff demonstrate a secure understanding of the procedures to follow if they have concerns about a child. Safer recruitment procedures are implemented to check the suitability of staff working with children. Staff are vigilant with children to ensure their safety.

For example, when younger babies are learning to stand, staff gently provide support to save them from falling over. Staff implement robust food safety checks. They ensure that the food given to children is chopped up into small pieces to minimise the risk of choking.

Staff closely monitor children who have allergies or dietary needs during mealtimes. They complete several checks prior to serving children to ensure the correct food is handed over.

What does the setting need to do to improve?

To further improve the quality of the early years provision, the provider should: monitor noise levels in the pre-school room to support children's listening and speaking skills review and improve the organisation of the daily routine before lunchtime in the pre-school room, to avoid unnecessary waiting for children to wash their hands.