Rainforest Nurseries Ltd

Highlights from Latest Inspection

What is it like to attend this early years setting?

The provision is good

Children arrive happily and settle quickly at this friendly nursery.

Staff welcome children warmly and help them to settle into their day. Children who struggle to separate from their parents are calmly and gently reassured and soon they too are ready to start their day. Staff know their key children well and have built strong relationships with them and their parents.

Children have access to a well-thought-out curriculum that encourages them to explore and learn. Staff plan activities with children's next steps in mind and are able to build on what children already know. Babies have access to many sensory experiences ...and can be heard to squeal in delight while handling 3D, glowing cubes in a dark play tent.

Older children move around the play space, while staff support and encourage them to explore and learn.The resources reflect the diversity within the nursery and its community. Dual-language books are available for the children and they enjoy celebrating a variety of festivals and celebrations that they are familiar with.

Staff are aware of the needs of children who speak English as an additional language and work with parents during the flexible settling-in process to ask for key words that will support the child.

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

The manager has a clear vision for the setting. She understands the need to support staff and can identify those who require extra support.

The manager meets regularly with staff and reflects on their learning and training needs, supporting them as they continue to learn and develop professionally.The team works well together to provide learning that is based around what children know and what staff want them to learn next. For example, children practise cutting with scissors and will move onto different thicknesses of paper and card to cut.

Staff demonstrate the use of the scissors and help children to hold them correctly. Learning in this way helps children to practise the new skills they learn until they become confident.Children have some opportunities to develop their self-help skills.

For example, children can use cutlery to feed themselves. However, older children are not encouraged and supported to develop independence skills, such as serving themselves, pouring their own drinks or trying to wipe their own noses.Staff encourage children to be well behaved and to cooperate with adults and peers.

They treat children with respect and manage challenging behaviour calmly and quietly so as not to distract other children. This helps children to learn without constant interruptions to their play.Staff talk to the children about the activities they are involved with and about the routines of the day.

Sometimes, staff do not give children enough time to think and respond in conversations. At these times, children do not make the best possible progress with their speech and language development. In addition, language and vocabulary are not always extended to challenge the most confident children.

Parents are positive about their experiences at the setting. They comment on the friendly team and that children are happy and settled. Parents like the flexibility that the nursery provides and are kept up to date with children's progress and daily information via an online application.

Staff also provide opportunities at weekends for parents to come into the setting and learn more about how children learn.Children have opportunities to play outdoors in local gardens and parks. Here, they can practise running and climbing and develop their large motor skills.

In addition, children learn to walk safely to and from the park, escorted by the staff.Staff and children have strong relationships. For example, in the baby room, children actively seek out staff for comfort and cuddles while looking at books together.

These close relationships help children to feel secure and safe and form a good basis for learning.

Safeguarding

The arrangements for safeguarding are effective.The manager and her staff understand how to keep the children in their care safe.

They can confidently describe the signs and symptoms that would concern them. Staff know who to contact to report such concerns. They attend regular training and are knowledgeable about a range of safeguarding issues, such as female genital mutilation.

Staff demonstrate a good understanding of how to deal with accidents or if they was a choking incident. A robust recruitment and induction procedure ensures that children are cared for by staff who understand their role and responsibilities and 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: nensure that children are given every opportunity to develop their independence and self-help skills in everyday activities support staff to develop children's communication and language by giving children enough time to respond to questions.