Tiny Toez @ Eastvalley

Highlights from Latest Inspection

What is it like to attend this early years setting?

The provision is outstanding

Children thrive in this nursery with the support of the attentive staff team. Staff take time to get to know children and their families, and develop individual care plans to support children's transitions.

This helps children to feel safe and settle well, as they develop secure attachments to staff. Children behave extremely well because staff are exceptional role models. Babies receive rich interactions from the caring staff.

Staff sing and talk to babies during all play and care routines, expertly building on their early communication skills.Children are immersed in the stimulating curriculum at the nursery, ...which inspires and ignites their natural curiosity about the world around them. Staff have exceptionally high expectations for all children.

Children develop their independence, building on skills that will ensure they are ready for the transition to school. Children develop excellent self-help skills. They confidently serve their own breakfast and wash their own plates and bowls after eating.

Staff inspire children to develop a love for learning new skills. Children are highly motivated as they learn how to use tools safely. Staff teach children how to use a spirit level and a battery-operated drill.

Children hammer golf tees into potatoes, and develop their hand-eye coordination further using screwdrivers and spanners. Younger children practice using tools such as knives to chop carrots, potatoes and lemons. They are extremely imaginative and use these to support their role play.

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

The manager and staff team are passionate about providing children with enriching new opportunities and experiences. They go above and beyond to discover children's prior knowledge of the world around them through discussions with parents and carers. Staff use this information to plan deeply engaging activities that extend children's learning.

A travelling farm visits the nursery and children learn about the different types of animals that live on a farm. Children learn about the lives of their friends. They celebrate different festivals that are important to others and explore a range of foods associated with these.

For example, children eat figs at snack time and explain that this is to celebrate Eid.Staff engage in deep and meaningful conversations with children throughout the day. This helps to broaden their vocabulary and build on their concentration.

The manager makes excellent use of the local library service, regularly providing a new variety of stories that staff share with children. This increases their awareness of rhyme and encourages a love of literature. All children, including those who speak English as an additional language, make excellent progress in their speech and language due to the language-rich environment.

Children with complex special educational needs and or/or disabilities (SEND) are exceptionally well supported by the staff team. Children with SEND benefit from a home visit to help them form attachments with staff. This means that staff get to know the children in their home environment and provide them with nurturing individual care that is specific to their needs.

Staff show deep respect for parents and carers. They signpost them to other agencies for support and provide strategies that help them to support their children at home.The manager and staff have developed an environment that is inclusive to all children, which continuously evolves to meet the changing needs of children who attend the setting.

Staff have developed an immersive and stimulating sensory room that is based on the unique needs of the children. Parents are able to make use of this room with their children, and engage in meaningful sensory-play opportunities to enrich their development.Parents are proud to send their children to this outstanding nursery.

They work harmoniously with staff as partners in their children's learning. Parents share that their children make rapid progress from their starting points. They comment that the manager and staff make an extremely positive difference to the lives of children who attend the setting and their families.

Children's health and well-being are significantly promoted. Staff provide children with a spectacularly nutritious diet and encourage them to try new foods at mealtimes. Children's individual dietary requirements are well understood and shared amongst staff.

Children explore a wide variety of tastes and textures through sensory exploration. They slice and squeeze citrus fruits and find out how they taste as they bite into them. This encourages children to discover and describe their preferences.

Staff are celebrated and appreciated in this caring nursery. The manager provides staff with well-being days and healthy treats, including fresh fruit platters. Staff fully understand what their targets for development are, because the manager is attentive and spends time with them to assess their professional development needs.

Staff comment that they are grateful for the support that they receive from the manager.

Safeguarding

The arrangements for safeguarding are effective.Managers and staff have extremely comprehensive knowledge of the different types of abuse.

They confidently explain the processes to follow if they have concerns about a child's welfare. The manager has excellent safer recruitment procedures in place to ensure that everyone employed at the nursery is suitable to work with children. The ongoing suitability of staff and management are checked regularly.

Staff carry out updated Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) checks after any long period of absence. The manager carries out robust risk assessments to ensure that children's safety is maintained. A fingerprint system within the main building prevents any unauthorised individuals having access to children.