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The Little Lotus Nursery
Benwell Nature Park, Atkinson Road, NE4 8XT
Type of Institution
Nursery
Age group
- years old
Number of places
21 places
Number of staff
Not yet updated
Ofsted Rating
Requires Improvement
Summary
- The provision requires improvement Children benefit from the cosy and caring environment in the setting.
- Staff form strong bonds with children in their care.
- Children enjoy the physical care and cuddles they receive from staff.
- For instance, children who are unsettled are quickly provided with hugs, reassurance and soothing words.
- As a result, children settle quickly and form secure relationships with their key person.
- This helps children to feel confident and happy.
- Children behave wel and are polite.
- Staff act as positive role models.
- They provide guidance and effective strategies to help children to behave wel and to support their wel -being.
- Although the enthusiastic manager has clear intentions for the curriculum, she has only been in post for a short time and has not had the opportunity to embed her vision.
- Children are not consistently provided with a curriculum that challenges and extends their learning.
- On occasions, staff do not build on children's interests or what children already know and can do.
- Staff provide children with some interesting activities.
- For example, children explore paint with a variety of tools, and enjoy using the sponges and cloths to wash the dol s in the water.
- However, staff do not consistently focus on teaching children in a planned and sequenced way.
- For example, during a planned activity, young children are asked to push buttons on an interactive toy in a specific order.
- Children quickly lose interest because the activity is too complicated for them.
- Children enjoy their time at nursery.
- They settle happily with staff, who respond to their needs and keep them safe.
- Due to the COVID-19 (coronavirus) pandemic, parents no longer come into the nursery.
- Despite this, children are confident to leave their parents at the gate.
- What does the early years setting do well and what does it need to do better?n Although staff assess children's development accurately, they do not consistentlyplan activities to help children to make the best possible progress.
- For instance, staff do not always implement what they want children to learn effectively.
- This means that children's learning is not promoted as effectively as possible.
- That said, staff provide children with some exciting activities and experiences.n Overall, staff work wel with professionals and other settings that childrenattend.
- They share information about children when they move on to other settings, such as school.
- Staff speak to other settings on a daily basis to help to support the continuity of care and learning for children.
- However, at times, staff do not seek guidance from other agencies to provide support for children who need extra help with their speech and language development.n While partnerships with parents are positive, staff do not gather crucialinformation about what children know and can do when they first start at the
Extract from latest Ofsted Report.
Overview
Manager
Not yet updated
Owner
The Little Lotus Nursery
Provider type
Childcare on non-domestic premises
Provider subtype
Full day care
Local authority
newcastle upon tyne
Parliamentary Constituency
Newcastle upon Tyne Central
Education Stages
Year Founded
07/2/2018
Education Provision
Education Stages
Nursery / Early Years
0 - 3 year olds
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Ofsted
Breakdown of Ofsted Rating: 08/10/2021
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