Whitefield Nursery Ofsted Comments
Unique reference number |
EY415329 |
Inspection date |
08/09/2011 |
Inspector |
Mary Henderson |
Setting address |
Mulberry Bush Nursery, Sefton Street, Whitefield, MANCHESTER, M45 7ET |
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“The directors', staff and management input across all remits of the nursery is consistently high, thereby, ensuring excellent outcomes for all children.”
“The management and staff team are well qualified and very experienced and have developed exemplary relationships with one another, children and parents and other providers of the Early Years Foundation Stage.”
“One of the key strengths of the nursery is their continuous provision which is implemented during all seasons. The systems in place for risk assessment and for self-evaluation are excellent and given the utmost priority.“
"The management and staff work hard to ensure excellent opportunities for children's learning and development. They are qualified, experienced and fully committed to continually providing outstanding outcomes for children.”
“The relationships between the staff, parents and children are warm and significantly enhance the identified needs of all children.”
“The staff have an excellent understanding and strong commitment to supporting children with special educational needs and/or disabilities and children with English as an additional language.”
“Risk assessments are comprehensive and robust and include all indoor and outdoor areas and any outings involving the children.”
“Safeguarding is of the utmost importance and all staff have a clear understanding of the policies and procedures to be followed and every single member of staff has received external certified training on safeguarding.”
“The self-evaluation systems in place are exemplary. The systems comprehensively identify areas of strength and any areas for continuous improvement.”
“The management and staff use their skills of reflection to ensure continued improvement across all remits of the provision, thereby, further enhancing outstanding outcomes for all children.”
“Engagement with parents and carers is dynamic. There is an excellent range of information on display in all areas of the nursery to keep parents fully informed.”
“Daily exchange of verbal and written information ensures children's needs are continually identified and met by all parties.”
“The parents and carers receive consistently high levels of information about their child's learning and development. This includes parents' free access to their child's profile at all times. The parents and carers have free access to the meticulously detailed policies and procedures of the setting.”
“The staff and managers are qualified and exceptionally well motivated which fully supports outstanding outcomes for children on an ongoing basis.”
“The key workers are consistently good role models and ensure children feel safe and confident in their environment as they reassure them, support them with their activities and praise them in front of their peers, staff and the parents.”
“The children make rapid progress in all areas of their learning and development because the staff are knowledgeable and fully include children's current interests in the planning. The staff consistently reflect on all that the children do to further improve outcomes for children on an ongoing basis.”
“Children gain a thorough understanding of a healthy lifestyle. They are provided with an extensive menu which includes meat, fish, pasta and fresh vegetables in their home cooked meals.”
“Children are able to help themselves to fruit freely available in their playrooms while supported by the staff. They actively contribute to their own menus because they plant, grow and harvest some of their own food including broad beans, mushrooms and peas.”
“Children learn about the importance of a healthy lifestyle as they talk about having healthy muscles from eating their vegetables and about being physically active for life. They show high levels of confidence and pride as they and their friends show their empty plates after eating.”
“All children at the setting use an extensive range of equipment that fully supports and enhances their physical development. They undertake obstacle courses, climb over and through equipment and they enjoy using the slide and see-saws as they practise their balancing skills.”
“If it is raining, the children know to go and get their Wellingtons, raincoats and umbrellas and continue with their play as they wish. Younger children and babies go out to play in their all weather rain suits so that they can crawl, toddle and enjoy longer periods of fresh air throughout the year.”
“The children explore an extensive range of resources and equipment that supports their skills for the future. Free access to the computer and various battery operated toys and equipment also significantly supports children's problem solving skills.”
“There are extensive opportunities for children to learn about numbers and counting during their time outdoors as they have fun with their peers on the hopscotch game, look around for numbers sited around the shed and as they count how many worms they can find as they dig in the flower beds.”
“Children's positive contribution and awareness of the wider world is fostered significantly as they involve themselves in charitable activities, such as dressing-up to raise funds for events in their community and as they collect shoes for a charity based in Kenya.”
“Children's art work is beautifully displayed for them in their playrooms which supports their self-esteem and fosters not only their sense of belonging to the setting but also that of their parents.”
“Children have a consistently high regard for one another and the staff caring for them. They capably share and turn take with the resources and are highly confident and independent at making their own decisions.”
“The children are beginning to understand that people have different needs, views, cultures and beliefs that need to be treated with respect. They play with an excellent range of resources that positively promote images of diversity including small world people, dolls and story and reference books.”