Summary
- The provision is good Children are very settled in this friendly nursery and have extremely strong bonds with the staff.
- They are exceptionally confident and independent learners, who explore enthusiastical y and develop creative imaginations.
- For example, they experimented with making perfumes and potions in the mud kitchen using ingredients such as fresh lemons, limes and lavender.
- Children are exceptionally wel behaved.
- They respect one another, play cooperatively and quickly learn how to negotiate and express their feelings.
- Staff know the children wel and provide high levels of support to help them make good progress, whatever their starting points.
- They have a good understanding of children's level of development and individual interests, which enables them to careful y tailor activities and teaching support for each child.
- Staff use praise and encouragement to build children's self-confidence and give them the foundations they need to be active learners with a wide range of independent skil s.
- During the COVID-19 (coronavirus) pandemic, the nursery merged with others in the chain to ensure continuity of care for those children that could attend.
- Staff kept in touch with other children and parents through regular telephone calls, and gave parents ideas for activities that they could do to support their children's learning at home.
- What does the early years setting do well and what does it need to do better?n Staff support children's communication and language wel .
- Children areextremely confident and articulate speakers, who initiate conversations with adults and other children and enthusiastical y use language in their play.
- For example, staff introduced new vocabulary, such as 'grocer', as they discussed a story about a tiger coming for tea, and the children thoroughly enjoyed putting on different voices as they pretended to be characters from the book.n Managers and staff know what they want children to learn and why.
- Theyensure that children are secure in their knowledge before moving them on to the next steps in their development, using their detailed knowledge of each child's level of progress and their interests.
- They respond promptly to children, setting up activities such as an ice cream parlour when this was identified as a particular interest.n Leadership and management are strong.
- There are effective systems in place tomonitor staff performance, such as ongoing discussion, peer reviews, supervision meetings and annual appraisals.
- Leaders use these to identify training needs and ensure that staff can access the professional development they need.
- As a result, staff practice is consistent.
- There is a strong focus on staff wel -being.
- One of the team is a mental health first aider who can provide support for her col eagues if they are struggling with their mental health.
Extract from latest Ofsted Report.
Overview
Manager
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Owner
South Hills School Limited
Provider type
Childcare on Non-Domestic Premises
Provider subtype
Full day care
Local authority
Wiltshire
Parliamentary Constituency
Salisbury
Education Stages
Year Founded
15/8/2018
Education Provision
Education Stages
Nursery / Early Years
0 - 3 year olds
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