William Street Nursery

Highlights from Latest Inspection

What is it like to attend this early years setting?

The provision is good

Staff support children to manage their behaviour effectively.

Consequently, children behave well and demonstrate a good attitude to learning. For instance, when toddlers begin to get distracted during circle time, staff suggest that they sing their favourite action song to re-engage their attention. Toddlers respond by joining in enthusiastically and making suggestions for how they can adapt the song.

This enables children to maintain their focus for longer periods of time so that they are consistently engaged in meaningful learning.Pre-school children confidently talk about the 'golden rules' of the nursery. Staff enc...ourage them to select a rule and act it out to their friends.

This enables children to understand what is expected of them when they are at nursery and enables staff to promote positive behaviour.Staff plan engaging activities for children based on what they know about them. Pre-school children enjoy making play dough 'pancakes' with their friends.

Staff encourage them to manipulate the play dough in different ways, such as rolling and cutting it. This provides children with opportunities to express themselves creatively and helps them to develop their physical skills. Staff extend this activity by suggesting that they time how long it takes to cook their 'pancakes', which helps children to make progress in their mathematical knowledge.

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

The manager recognises that since the COVID-19 pandemic, children at the setting need extra support with their communication and language skills. Therefore, she has placed a strong focus on this in the curriculum. This is implemented well by staff, who use all opportunities to help children develop in this area of learning.

For instance, staff ensure that they speak clearly, use repetitive language and encourage children to repeat words back. This helps children make connections between objects and their names.Staff have a good knowledge of their key children.

This helps them to assess what children know and what they need to learn next. This enables staff to quickly identify when children need additional support and implement effective strategies so that children continue to make good progress.Babies settle in well and confidently seek out adults to engage with.

They enjoy showing staff photos of their family. Staff respond affectionately and encourage babies to name the people in the photos. This helps babies to settle into nursery and develop bonds with the staff.

Staff support children to identify and manage their feelings. For instance, during circle time activities, staff empower pre-school children to talk about different emotions. Staff have also introduced a 'buddy bench' that children can use when they need emotional support.

This encourages children to be kind and compassionate towards their friends, and it helps them understand how their behaviour can impact on others.Staff ensure that children continue to learn during routine activities. During mealtimes, staff support toddlers to serve themselves and eat with cutlery.

This enables toddlers to develop their independence skills. Staff also promote good table manners. They remind toddlers to sit nicely at the table and to say 'thank you' when they are given their food.

Toddlers demonstrate their understanding by responding appropriately to what has been asked of them. This provides toddlers with opportunities to enhance their social skills.The manager has carefully considered ways to involve parents in their children's learning at home.

She has created a book club for pre-school children to encourage them to read at home with their parents. Afterwards, children are invited to share how they felt about the book by completing a 'written' and verbal review of their book choice. This helps to strengthen children's evolving vocabulary, which is in line with the manager's learning intent.

The manager and staff also provide parents with ideas for how they can further support their children's learning at home to enhance their overall progress. However, at times, some information that staff share with parents is not sufficiently detailed. This does not fully enable parents to understand how the curriculum is delivered each day and how it supports children's learning.

Safeguarding

The arrangements for safeguarding are effective.All staff have good safeguarding knowledge. They recognise the signs and symptoms of abuse and know the procedures to follow if they have concerns about children or staff.

Managers act promptly when they have any safeguarding concerns. Staff do regular risk assessments of the premises and equipment. This helps to keep children safe when they are at the nursery.

Staff help children to gain an understanding of when they may be at risk. For instance, when they notice children not sitting safely on their chairs, staff ask them to sit properly and explain the risks to them.

What does the setting need to do to improve?

To further improve the quality of the early years provision, the provider should: strengthen processes for sharing information about the daily curriculum implementation with parents to enable them to be more fully informed about what their children do each day.

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