Scamps of Benson

Ofsted rating for Scamps of Benson

Last inspected 23 February 2024

What it's like to attend

• Children are settled and happy, and the 'family feel' of the nursery has a positive impact on children's sense of belonging.
• Staff are especially effective at supporting children's language development, adapting their talk to children and repeating words and phrases to babies and younger children.
• Staff use assessments well to identify what children need to learn next and plan activities with clear learning intent, such as focusing on mathematics.
• From a young age, babies and children learn to use resources purposefully, with staff teaching them how to use toy crockery, food and cutlery for pretend meals.
• Staff understand the benefit of repeating activities with children to ensure they really understand what is being taught, helping younger children learn songs and stories and older children learn about recycling and environmental care.
• Staff, through their care, kindness and good cheer, build children's confidence and self-esteem, encouraging them to keep trying as they master new skills and develop good levels of perseverance.
• Staff understand the benefits of developing healthy habits and proactively provide energetic exercise for toddlers and older children, with staff working with babies to encourage movement.
• The manager and the deputy managers form an effective and committed team, recognising each other's strengths and working well to maintain high standards of care and education, and staff feel valued.
• There are warm, professional and effective partnerships between staff and parents, facilitating a consistent approach to meeting children's care and developmental needs.

• 1Sharpen arrangements for monitoring staff practice, to enable support for staff to be more focused on enhancing their teaching skills further
• 2Provide children with more opportunities to learn how to use technology safely