Triangle Centre

Highlights from Latest Inspection

What is it like to attend this early years setting?

The provision is good

Children benefit from warm and nurturing relationships with staff.

This helps them to feel happy and safe at the centre. They confidently interact with others and make choices about their play. Staff know the children well and plan an ambitious curriculum based on their individual interests and abilities.

This contributes to children's enjoyment of learning. They become deeply engaged in play and consistently develop their knowledge and skills. For example, babies are excited and motivated to join in with music sessions.

They develop greater control over their movements as they dance and shake percussion instr...uments. Babies build on their language skills as they hear and repeat the words and sounds from songs. They learn how to interact positively with others and enjoy being in a group.

Staff want all children to achieve highly. They monitor their progress closely and ensure that they receive additional support where needed. For example, staff provide one-to-one teaching and specialised group activities to boost children's communication skills.

This helps all children, including children with special educational needs and/or disabilities and children who receive additional funding, to reach their full potential. Children are encouraged to be responsible and independent. They behave well and show satisfaction in completing tasks, such as helping to lay the tables and serving their food at mealtimes.

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

Leaders and staff have worked hard to successfully address weaknesses identified at the last inspection. For example, they have improved staff deployment so that staff are on hand to support and extend children's play. This boosts children's positive attitudes to learning and helps them to sustain their interest in activities for longer periods.

Staff provide highly engaging activities that are based on what they know about children. For example, staff successfully use older children's fascination with houses to extend their understanding of numbers and measurements. They support children to design and build their own structures and show them how to use tools safely.

However, occasionally, staff pay more attention to the most-confident children. Therefore, quieter children have fewer opportunities to express their views and ideas.Children benefit from a language-rich environment.

Books are plentiful and staff read and sing songs with children throughout the day. Children eagerly join in with activities that are based around their favourite stories, such as going on a 'bear hunt' in the garden. They broaden their vocabularies as they repeat new words and phrases.

Staff promote an inclusive environment where all children are equally valued. They support children to feel proud of their own cultures and languages and to share these with their peers. For example, children are delighted when staff greet them in their home languages, and have fun dancing to music from different countries.

This helps children to respect their similarities and differences.Staff support children's physical health well, with healthy meals and plenty of active play. Staff teach children good hygiene routines, such as regular handwashing, and they encourage children to manage these independently.

Parents describe how a topic on oral hygiene has boosted children's enthusiasm for brushing their teeth.Staff speak positively about the leadership team and feel valued and supported. Supervision and training are sharply focused so that staff have the relevant skills to meet children's learning and welfare needs.

For instance, staff have strengthened their understanding of the links between children's behaviour and emotional well-being. They describe how they promote children's good behaviour in positive ways, which also boost their self-esteem.Parents speak highly of the staff and praise the quality of care and education.

They say that staff keep them well informed about their children's development and how they can also support this at home. For instance, staff provide books for them to share with their children, which promotes children's language development and encourages their love of reading.Leaders describe a 'holistic' approach to childcare, where they try to understand and support the whole family.

For instance, the manager organises workshops to offer useful parenting advice and encourage parents to form supportive networks. Staff help parents with issues such as choosing the right school for their child. This strong partnership working has a positive impact on the outcomes for children.

Safeguarding

The arrangements for safeguarding are effective.Leaders successfully embed a culture of safeguarding at the nursery. They ensure that all staff receive safeguarding training and understand their role to protect 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. Leaders understand how to escalate safeguarding concerns to the relevant agencies.

They implement robust recruitment and selection procedures to check that staff are suitable to work with children. Staff are vigilant to risks and follow nursery procedures to maintain a safe and secure environment.

What does the setting need to do to improve?

To further improve the quality of the early years provision, the provider should: nensure that staff are aware of quieter children and provide help for them to contribute fully to activities.