St John Vianney Parish Pre-School

St John Vianney Parish Pre-School Bishopton Close, Mount Nod, Coventry, CV5 7GX

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Inspection date

Previous inspection date 11 March 2015 9 March 2011

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This inspection: Outstanding 1

Previous inspection: Good 2 How well the early years provision meets the needs of the range of children who attend Outstanding 1

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This inspection: Outstanding 1

The contribution of the early years provision to the well-being of children Outstanding 1

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This inspection: Outstanding 1

The effectiveness of the leadership and management of the early years provision Outstanding 1

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This inspection: Outstanding 1

The setting meets legal requirements for early years settings

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This provision is outstanding

 The quality of teaching and care is outstanding. All staff are dedicated to providing a high quality service. They use their excellent knowledge of childcare and development to provide an extensive variety of interesting and challenging activities that fuel children's natural curiosity to learn. Consequently, all children make excellent progress.  Children are supported sensitively during transitional times in their learning. The key person communicates effectively with parents, other professionals and teachers, and staff provide appropriate activities to help children settle and move on to the next stage in their learning.  The partnerships with parents and outside agencies are extremely strong. Staff share detailed information regarding children's individual development and work cohesively with any professionals involved in children's lives. As a result, children's needs are continually known and met effectively.

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This provision is outstanding

 Leadership and management are exceptional. The commitment and drive to continually extend and enhance the provision includes robust processes for self-evaluation to secure improvements, and therefore, continually enhance the already outstanding service.  Staff are dedicated to continually develop their knowledge and expertise in the childcare field. They actively pursue their own professional development through regular training and use their new-found knowledge effectively within the pre-school to continually develop and enhance the care and learning of all children.  Safeguarding practices are exceptional. Staff remain vigilant to children's safety at all times and have an excellent understanding of the signs of abuse and neglect and the processes to follow to ensure children remain safe.

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What the setting needs to do to improve further

To further improve the quality of the early years provision the provider should:

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What the setting needs to do to improve further

 develop and implement the excellent plans to extend opportunities to improve younger children's learning experiences outdoors throughout the year.

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Inspection activities

 The inspector observed activities in both the indoor and outdoor learning environments.  The inspector spent time with the manager of the provision and spoke to staff and children at appropriate times during the inspection.  The inspector took account of the views of parents spoken to on the day of the inspection.  The inspector checked evidence of the suitability of all members of staff, their qualifications and the provider's processes for self-evaluation.  The inspector reviewed documentation, including children's records, learning and development information, staff records and a selection of policies and procedures.

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who attend. This is outstanding

Staff have an excellent understanding of how children learn and develop through play. They continually extend and enhance children's natural curiosity to learn through an extensive range of activities. Children develop superb mathematical skills through play. They use large and small rulers and tape measures to measure their own height and that of their friends and various equipment in the pre-school. They confidently recognise numbers and understand simple addition and subtraction as they identify who is taller or smaller than themselves. Children explore nature and become very aware of the natural world, planting bulbs, monitoring their growth and learning the importance of food and water in maintaining life. They recreate their own paintings of the plants they have grown, using various paints and brushes of different sizes, exploring how colours change when mixed together. Staff challenge children's understanding of life cycles further as they

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who attend. This is outstanding

observe plants that are well cared for and those in various levels of decay due to a lack of care. Children link this to their own health and well-being needs, which are supported through healthy snacks and drinks.

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outstanding

Relationships between staff and children are superb and supported through the excellent key-person system that is in place. Time spent settling children into the pre-school enables staff to build an exceptional knowledge of each child's care needs. Behaviour is excellent and staff nurture children's confidence and self-esteem through praise and positive reinforcement. Older children help to guide and support younger children through the routines of the day, and together with staff act as positive role models to them. Children develop excellent independence skills as they freely choose to play and learn inside or outside. Their learning is continually extended in both areas and excellent resources enhance learning further. Staff strive to make even greater developments to enrich children's learning outside in all weathers by developing a sheltered area.

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provision is outstanding

Leadership and management within the pre-school are superb. Self-evaluation is extremely thorough, enabling the service to continually improve. The manager disseminates her knowledge and skills to staff, and supports them to enhance their own practice through training and professional development. Recent training focusing on the assessment of children's language and communication skills enables staff to clearly identify children's abilities and seek additional support for them as needed. Regular supervision further complements staff's professional development and ensures their practice remains outstanding. The staff's knowledge of how to ensure children are safeguarded is exemplary and policies and procedures reflect the ethos of care within the setting. Strong partnerships with other professionals support children excellently during their time in pre-school and as they begin school. Partnerships with parents are

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provision is outstanding

outstanding and they feel staff provide a very valuable service.

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Setting details

Unique reference number 507777 Local authority Coventry Inspection number 869332 Type of provision Sessional provision Registration category Childcare - Non-Domestic Age range of children 0 - 5 Total number of places 20 Number of children on roll 28 Name of provider Parish of St John Vianney Committee Date of previous inspection 9 March 2011 Telephone number 02476 695329

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Setting details

St John Vianney Parish Pre-School was registered in 1996. The pre-school employs three members of staff, all of whom hold an early years qualification at level 3. The pre-school opens Monday and Friday from 8.30am to 11.30am and Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday from 8.30am to 11.30am and 12.45pm to 3.15pm. Extended sessions are also available to enable children to have lunch before or after their play session. The nursery provides funded early education for two-, three- and four-year-old children.

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Setting details

This inspection was carried out by Ofsted under sections 49 and 50 of the Childcare Act 2006 on the quality and standards of provision that is registered on the Early Years Register. The registered person must ensure that this provision complies with the statutory framework for children’s learning, development and care, known as the Early Years Foundation Stage.

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Setting details

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Setting details

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