Yeladenu Pre-School

Highlights from Latest Inspection

What is it like to attend this early years setting?

The provision is outstanding

Children thrive at this wonderful nursery. They thoroughly enjoy new adventures each day.

Children relish their time in the outdoor area. They are confident to take measured risks in their play. Children build obstacle courses by using crates and planks of wood.

This helps to develop their coordination and balance skills. Children work collaboratively to make a structure using mesh sheets, logs and two wire towers on a very windy day. They experience the effects of wind as they relentlessly try to hook the mesh sheeting over the wire towers after it repeatedly blows away.

Children show exceptionally hig...h levels of perseverance, engagement and can-do attitudes.Staff have exceedingly high expectations of children, who rise to the challenge. Children build high levels of self-esteem and behave very well.

They benefit from hearing lots of praise and encouragement. Staff create a positive and nurturing environment. This helps children to develop increasing levels of self-control and understanding of the impact their actions may have on others.

Children engage with older people during visits to a local residential home and fundraise for those less fortunate than themselves. Children learn to respect the differences in others.

What does the early years setting do well and what does it need to do better?

Children's physical development and awareness of safety and risks are supported exceptionally well.

For instance, children benefit from closely supervised woodwork activities as they use real tools and make their own obstacle courses outside. They confidently handle real saws and hammers. Children skilfully balance on wooden planks on an incline.

They carefully climb on and jump off tables, and crawl through large hoops.Leaders are highly qualified, knowledgeable and dedicated in their roles. They inspire staff to seek continued professional development.

Staff are highly motivated and continually strive to improve their practice. For example, in response to children's high levels of investigation and curiosity in play, they research a wide range of teaching methods to support children's learning in early science. Staff provide children with an ambitious curriculum that inspires children's curiosity and ignites their motivation to learn.

Children have impressive independence skills. For example, they set the table for lunch and help themselves to a highly nutritious meal after attending to their personal hygiene. Excellent routines are highly embedded in staff's practice.

Staff establish exceptionally positive, secure and trusting relationships with all children. They get to know children's individual personalities, routines and interests extremely well. Children have an excellent sense of belonging, confidence and resilience to excel in their future success.

Parents receive first-class information about their children's progress. They value the online learning journey that supports them in being fully involved in their children's learning. Parents hold the nursery and staff in high regard.

They say that their children have flourished at the nursery and staff are always friendly and professional. They express their delight with the level of care that their children receive.Staff meticulously plan learning experiences for individual children, considering how to build on children's prior knowledge in each area of learning.

For instance, they provide stimulating hands-on activities that link children's learning inside and outside. Children explore making 'shampoo dough' from shampoo, water and food colouring. Toddlers unscrew bottle tops and add food colouring to the shampoo carefully.

Children are confident and fluent users of language. Staff support children's language development with exceptional skill. They ensure that all interactions are of a high quality, modelling language with precision.

Children develop an early love of reading. They listen to stories while snuggled up to staff, who read with vibrant expression. The language-rich environment provides children with innovative ways to read a story.

For instance, children retell stories using 'reading ropes'. They use props attached to a rope to recall the sequence of events in the book and talk about the characters. This further develops their language skills and sparks their imaginations and enjoyment for early reading.

The manager establishes excellent links with the local schools. Staff invite school teachers to the setting to ensure that children's transitions are smooth. They encourage parents and children to visit the local school and meet the teaching staff.

Children develop emotional, social and academic skills, ready to flourish at school.Children are extremely kind, caring and empathetic. Their behaviour is exemplary.

Staff continuously equip children with the ability to discuss, understand and recognise emotions. For example, they encourage children to discuss any worries they have and place notes or drawings in the 'Worry Monster's tummy' to put their minds at rest immediately.

Safeguarding

The arrangements for safeguarding are effective.

The safety and well-being of children are a shared priority of all staff. The provider ensures that staff keep their safeguarding knowledge up to date. All staff complete training regularly.

They know the signs of abuse and neglect and the referral procedures to follow if they have a concern. Staff are aware of their responsibilities to prevent children being drawn into situations that may put children at risk. Procedures for recruitment and selection are robust in ensuring the suitability of staff.

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