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Puffin's Pre-School And Day Nursery
Cambridge Road, KT12 2DP
Type of Institution
Nursery
Age group
- years old
Number of places
24 places
Number of staff
Not yet updated
Ofsted Rating
Requires Improvement
Summary
- The provision requires improvement Children are welcomed into the nursery by caring staff.
- However, staff are not always deployed effectively to enable them to meet younger and less-confident children's needs.
- Nonetheless, children form secure relationships with the key adults who care for them.
- They enjoy playing with their friends and demonstrate that they feel safe.
- Children behave wel , and older children share and take turns with their younger peers wel .
- They listen to their ideas about play and value their choices.
- For instance, children search for spiders with magnifying glasses as they share ideas about where they might be hiding.
- Staff plan the curriculum for children's interests and help engage and motivate children to learn.
- They promote opportunities for children to develop their physical skil s successfully.
- Younger children develop good hand-to-eye coordination skil s, for example when they pick up small sequins and spread glue as they decorate pictures.
- Older children learn how to use scissors, and proudly say to staff, 'Look I have cut it'.
- All children, including those who speak English as an additional language and those with special educational needs and/or disabilities, make good progress from their starting points.
- What does the early years setting do well and what does it need to do better?n The provider does not ensure that suitably qualified staff are deployed duringkey times in the day.
- Due to staff absences and a failure by leaders to implement effective contingency arrangements, on the day of inspection, there were not sufficient staff to meet the needs of children being cared for.
- For some periods, particularly in the morning, children who needed more help to settle were not able to receive the close comfort they needed from staff.
- This was due to staff attending to other children who needed their attention.n Older children develop good listening and concentration skil s.
- They learn torecognise their names and are beginning to form letters and sounds they represent.
- Staff encourage children to take pride in their achievements, to boost their levels of self-esteem and to persevere when some learning is more challenging.n Children develop a can-do attitude to managing their personal needs.
- Forinstance, staff teach children the importance of good hygiene routines, including washing their hands before they eat food.
- As children sit for snack time, they learn how to pour their own drinks and tidy away their plates after eating.
- Children take pride in being independent, which helps to support them in readiness for their eventual move to school.n Staff promote children's communication and language skil s.
- They useopportunities to introduce new language as children play, and provide opportunities for most children to share their ideas.
- Overall, children make good
Extract from latest Ofsted Report.
Overview
Manager
Not yet updated
Owner
Puffin's Childcare Providers Limited
Provider type
Childcare on non-domestic premises
Provider subtype
Full day care
Local authority
Surrey
Parliamentary Constituency
Esher and Walton
Education Stages
Year Founded
21/8/2018
Education Provision
Education Stages
Nursery / Early Years
0 - 3 year olds
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