Walmersley Nursery Ofsted Comments
Unique reference number |
EY428486 |
| Inspection date: | 21/11/2011 |
| Inspector: | Jennifer Kennaugh |
Setting address |
Mulberry Bush Nursery, Walmersley Road, Bury, Lancashire, BL9 5JW |
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“Both internal and outdoor facilities are excellent due to a wealth of detail, with many innovative and inspiring features.”
“The staff, managers and owners are highly qualified and experienced, working enthusiastically together to promote consistently high expectations for children.”
“Management of all aspects of children's learning and welfare is exemplary, and exceptional systems are in place for self-evaluation.”
“The staff, managers and owners form a dynamic team, with excellent qualifications and a wealth of experience in childcare.”
“The innovative and inspiring design of the internal and outdoor play areas is a key strength, along with the exemplary approach to managing children's welfare and learning.”
“There are rigorous procedures for key worker recruitment and performance review to maintain the excellent staff team. Training is a priority and as a result, key workers are highly skilled, enhancing all aspects of learning for children.”
“The team has an excellent understanding of inclusion and is firmly committed to providing the best possible outcomes for children with special educational needs and disabilities and those children who speak English as an additional language.”
“There are very strong partnerships with parents. The exemplary daily written and verbal communication enhances all aspects of children's development.”
“An excellent system of regular reports means that parents are extremely well informed about children's progress and parents are overwhelming in their praise of the nursery.”
“Parents' information about children is used for inclusive planning and parents can even obtain recipes for children's favourite meals from the cook.”
“The owners, managers and staff continually seek to identify areas where practice is strongest and where they could make any further improvements. As a result of this rigorous approach, the nursery delivers outstanding learning and care for all children.”
“Children and babies are superbly settled and confident with staff, as their needs are very well met. They explore their environment fully, demonstrating a very strong feeling of security in the nursery.”
“Robust safety measures such as key pads on all internal doors and biometric data entry on the main door show how children's safety is of the utmost priority.”
“The nursery provides a safe environment with optimal challenges to enhance physical development due to the innovative and spectacular design of the three secure outdoor play areas, which are adapted for specific ages and stages.”
“Staff act as excellent role models for politeness and good manners in all areas of the nursery.”
“The pre-school children are enthusiastically learning French, using songs and greetings, as a new skill.”
“Charity events are exceptionally well organised for a week each year and the children receive regular updates from those who benefit. These include an orphanage in Africa, which develops children's awareness of other countries and cultures.”
“In addition to empathy with others less fortunate, children learn about festivals from a wide range of cultures and religions in the nursery. This is done through activities based on stories, food, craft and discussion.”
“There are many positive images of diversity displayed around the rooms, including disability, to promote acceptance of others' differences.”
“Children are easily able to access resources indoors and outside, to promote independence skills. They can paint, make collages, draw pictures and enjoy messy play to extend creative, physical and communication skills.”
“Early information technology skills are developed by provision of child-adapted desktop computers in two rooms and babies have access to an exceptional range of cause and effect toys, with a variety of textures and colours.”
“Other languages spoken by children are also used in displays as part of the nursery's inclusive approach.”
“Children enjoy planting and harvesting vegetables as part of learning about food in a healthy lifestyle. They have visits from a local dentist to teach them about tooth care and parents comment on how this helps encourage children to brush their teeth.”
“Fruit is available as a continuous snack and the nursery has attained the highest level in the local authority healthy eating scheme.”
“Children have the opportunity for outdoor play several times a day and one playroom allows children to move freely between indoors and out. As a result, children are developing an excellent basis for a healthy lifestyle.”
“Particular care has been given to designing the areas for children's toilets and nappy changing, to promote early independence skills such as hand washing.”
“Overall, children and babies make exceptional progress in developing skills for the future due to excellent resources, innovative environments and individually tailored planning.”