Pooh Corner Kindergarten W8

Highlights from Latest Inspection

What is it like to attend this early years setting?

The provision is outstanding

Children thrive at this outstanding setting.

They demonstrate that they feel exceptionally safe and secure, separating easily from their parents and immediately engaging in the activities. Children respond positively to staff's high expectations and are extremely motivated to learn. The curriculum is inspiring and supports children's progress across all areas of learning.

Children receive excellent support for their personal, social and emotional development. For example, they have meaningful discussions with staff about their feelings. They also help to formulate the 'golden rules' for behaviour in the setting....

Consequently, children display great maturity in the ways that they interact with others and moderate their behaviour. For instance, children calmly solve a dispute over a toy, one child explaining that they had it first, so their friends must wait for a turn. Children are extremely confident to lead their own play.

For example, they imagine that they are going on a trip to Africa. They have enriching conversations as they share their unique experiences of holidays and travel. Children explore themes such as good hygiene and healthy eating as they decide what they need to pack for their journey.

They develop their communication and social skills as they expand the storyline and negotiate what will happen next.

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

Leaders continuously evaluate the provision and strive for excellence. They work collaboratively with staff and constantly support their professional development.

Leaders value the knowledge and enthusiasm that staff bring to the setting and care deeply about their well-being. This creates a positive working environment, where staff do their best to help children flourish.Staff gather detailed information from parents when children first start, to identify what they already know and can do.

This ensures that staff can tailor the environment and learning programmes to suit individual children. Children, including those with special educational needs and/or disabilities, receive targeted support to help them achieve their full potential. Parents describe how staff go 'above and beyond' to ensure that their children's needs are met.

Children display excellent attitudes to learning. For example, they show deep levels of concentration as they fill containers with water using scoops and pipettes. Staff skilfully extend children's learning, encouraging them to predict how long it will take to fill a container and which method will be the fastest.

Children become highly engaged and are eager to test out their ideas and theories.Leaders and staff create a welcoming and inclusive environment, where each child's uniqueness is valued. Children who speak English as an additional language have meaningful opportunities to hear and use their home languages in the setting.

This includes visits from parents to read favourite books to the children. Children take pleasure in learning about the lives of others and are respectful of the differences between people.Children develop excellent communication skills.

They enjoy many opportunities to practise speaking and listening, such as singing songs, reciting poems and sharing stories. Staff ensure that these activities are exciting and appealing, and children are eager to revisit what they have learned. For example, children are full of energy and enthusiasm as they re-enact a favourite story about a bear hunt.

They recall and use new words and phrases, as they describe how they are 'squelching' through mud or 'swishing' through grass.Children's health is given high priority in the setting. Staff recognise that some children have limited access to outdoor play, so they ensure that this forms a key part of each child's day.

Children enjoy fresh air and exercise in the nursery garden and during regular forest school outings. They learn that there are many ways to keep fit and active. For example, children have weekly sports and ballet lessons, which help them to develop excellent physical skills and coordination.

Staff build strong relationships with parents and work extremely hard to engage them in their children's learning. Parents are encouraged to accompany children on outings and to attend parenting workshops. They are kept very well informed about daily activities and their children's progress.

Parents say that staff provide exceptional care and education, tailored to each child's needs.

Safeguarding

The arrangements for safeguarding are effective.Leaders successfully embed a culture of safeguarding at the setting.

They ensure that all staff receive safeguarding training and understand their role in protecting children from harm. Staff confidently describe the signs of potential abuse and neglect. They know how to report concerns about the welfare of a child or the conduct of an adult.

Children's safety and well-being are given the highest priority. Leaders implement robust recruitment and selection procedures to check that staff are suitable to work with children. Staff are vigilant to risks and follow the setting's procedures to maintain a safe and secure environment.