Your Co-Op Little Pioneers Nursery and Pre-School, Ashton Court

Highlights from Latest Inspection

What is it like to attend this early years setting?

The provision is outstanding

This setting provides an exceptionally warm and welcoming environment.

Staff value children as individuals. They greet children with smiles and cuddles on arrival. Staff foster exceptionally warm relationships with children and their families and truly nurture the children in their care.

This supports children's emotional security and well-being. As a result, children settle quickly and thrive. They play happily and are settled throughout the day because they feel safe and secure.

Staff are extremely knowledgeable and understand how young children learn and develop. They have developed a highly ambitiou...s curriculum that is exceptionally well sequenced to build on what children already know and need to do next. This means that all children make excellent progress and are well prepared for the next stage of their learning, including the move on to school.

Staff have high expectations for children's behaviour. There are clear rules and boundaries in place, which are applied consistently. There is clear, strong evidence that these are well embedded.

Children are polite and considerate of others. They show a clear understanding of the expectations and show high levels of respect. For example, they say sorry when they accidently knock something over, and they help to pick things up.

Their behaviour is excellent.

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

Staff place a high priority on supporting children's early language and communication skills. They model single words, such as 'tap, tap', that are matched to actions when playing with babies.

Staff are exceptionally skilled at expanding children's vocabulary. For example, when serving lunches, they explain that some children do not eat meat because they are vegetarian. Children recall the new words they learn and use them when they are speaking.

For example, they talk about lime being a shade of green. As a result, children develop a wide vocabulary. They become confident and effective communicators.

Staff have created inspiring learning environments that engage children's interests and enable them to make choices about their play. They provide an enormous range of high-quality resources and ensure that children have ample time to learn through play. This promotes children's growing independence exceptionally well.

Staff are accomplished in planning exciting activities that are based on children's interests and recent assessment. They are highly skilled at asking questions that challenge children's critical thinking and extend their learning. Consequently, all children make rapid progress.

Staff provide extensive opportunities to support children's physical development. For instance, two-year-old children enjoy yoga sessions that support the development of their core muscles and balance. Others enjoy moving in different ways as they stomp like dinosaurs in the garden.

Staff also recognise the importance of developing children's fine motor skills. They provide a wide range of resources and activities that strengthen children's hand muscles and prepare them well for future writing.Staff are superb role models for children.

They expertly model important skills, such as taking turns. This promotes children's excellent behaviour. Staff skilfully teach children to identify their emotions through high-quality interactions.

They discuss the things that can affect how they feel. Staff are quick to recognise and praise children's achievements. This positively impacts children's self-esteem.

The purposeful 'buzz' in the rooms is testament to children's positive attitudes to learning. Children behave exceptionally well.Staff work closely with parents and other professionals to create individually tailored plans for children with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND).

They ensure that children with SEND have the resources and support they need to access learning alongside their peers. Important information is shared effectively to maintain a continuity of approach both at home and in the setting. As a result, children with SEND make excellent progress from their staring points.

Staff provide a wide array of experiences that support children's wider personal development exceptionally well. For example, they create individual 'heritage books' and 'community tins' for each child. These are included in the wider provision and support children's growing sense of identity and understanding of their own uniqueness wonderfully.

Children develop a deep understanding of their own uniqueness and respect for others. Experiences, such as outings in the local area and cultural celebrations, further enrich the curriculum to ensure that children develop a strong understanding of the local community and wider world.Staff build exceptionally strong partnerships with parents.

They find out what children know and can do when they first start and give parents regular, detailed updates about children's progress. This includes useful information and suggestions for how parents can help to support their children's learning at home. Furthermore, parents are encouraged to attend parent stay-and-play experience days and to complete regular parent surveys.

This promotes continuity for children and supports effective parent partnerships.The management team is determined in its pursuit of continual improvement. For instance, it has recently sourced training for all staff to improve the already excellent teaching and learning in the outdoor area.

All staff benefit from regular monitoring and training that equip them to deliver a consistently high level of care and education and ensures the best possible outcomes for children.

Safeguarding

The arrangements for safeguarding are effective.There is an open and positive culture around safeguarding that puts children's interests first.