Hazeltots Pre-School

Hazeltots Pre-School Bellfields Youth Centre, Hazel Avenue, Guildford, Surrey, GU1 1NS

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Inspection date

Previous inspection date 15 April 2015 16 February 2011

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This inspection: Outstanding 1

Previous inspection: Outstanding 1 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 is inspirational. Staff consistently challenge children's ideas through skilful questioning. Assessments of learning clearly highlight progress and areas for further support and development. Children are enthusiastic, motivated learners and progress significantly.  Parents state that the service they receive is excellent. Staff involve parents to share what they know about their child. Parents and children benefit from home visits and, as a result, children's starting points are clearly identified and they settle quickly.  Staff are highly supportive in preparing children to move to school. Staff talk to children about school, take them on school visits, and introduce school uniforms during imaginary play to support their understanding.  Leadership from management is inspirational. Staff receive excellent opportunities to carry out further training to support their professional development. They strive for

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This provision is outstanding

excellence and, as a result, continuously create better outcomes for children.  Staff form strong, cooperative relationships with other professionals. This helps to ensure that gaps in development are quickly identified and minimised.  Children have outstanding opportunities to explore highly stimulating environments, challenging their existing skills further.

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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

 enhance children's understanding of technology further to challenge learning.

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Inspection activities

 The inspector toured the areas of the premises children use.  The inspector spoke to parents to gauge their views.  The inspector carried out a joint observation with the nominated person.  The inspector spoke to the nominated person and staff during the inspection, to determine their knowledge.  The inspector sampled policies and documents.

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who attend. This is outstanding

Staff provide outstanding educational programmes. As a result, children make exceptional progress across all areas of learning and development, although there is scope to extend the opportunities to explore technology. Staff are highly supportive, offering consistent praise to foster children's confidence and independence. Children thoroughly enjoy taking part in activities that develop their physical and social skills indoors and outdoors, moving freely and making choices. Staff have extremely high, yet realistic expectations of what children can achieve. Their enthusiasm and passion motivates children to try new things and to be fully engaged. For example, children enjoy very imaginative play as they act out scenes in a hairdresser's shop. In addition, staff encourage children to make predictions, such as how many containers of water it will take to fill a funnel and make a twig float to the top.

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outstanding

Staff form extremely strong relationships with children. As a result, children feel safe and secure and are confident to explore and learn. They thoroughly enjoy their time in the pre-school. Staff support children to develop their own rules to follow in the setting. They consistently reinforce these rules, contributing to children's understanding of consequences and social boundaries. Children's behaviour, as a result, is extremely positive. Children become competent at toileting and hand washing independently, while younger children are offered age-appropriate help to meet their needs. Staff promote healthy choices and lead by example, joining in with throwing and catching games in the garden.

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provision is outstanding

The nominated person, who is also the manager, is an inspirational leader. She is fully aware of her responsibilities with regards to the learning and development requirements. Staff create an environment that is safe, welcoming and highly stimulating. They have a robust knowledge of safeguarding procedures. They understand how to act on concerns about children's welfare and keep children safe. Methods used to evaluate practice and services are extremely reflective. The manager values contributions from others to identify areas for improvement that create better outcomes for children. For example, evaluation has resulted in staff carrying out home visits for new children. These are popular and, as a result, children settle quickly when they join the pre-school.

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Setting details

Unique reference number 120063 Local authority Surrey Inspection number 825226 Type of provision Full-time provision Registration category Childcare - Non-Domestic Age range of children 0 - 8 Total number of places 42 Number of children on roll 62 Name of provider Hazeltots Pre-School Committee Date of previous inspection 16 February 2011 Telephone number 01483 570842

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Setting details

Hazeltots Pre-school registered in1977. It is located in Guildford, Surrey. It opens Monday to Friday between 9.15am and 1pm, and on Monday and Wednesdays between 1pm and 4pm, term time only. The pre-school receives funding for the provision of free early education for children aged two, three and four. A total of 10 members of staff are employed to work with children, nine of whom hold relevant childcare qualifications between level 2 and level 5.

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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

procedures set out in the guidance ‘Complaints procedure: raising concerns and making complaints about Ofsted’, which is available from Ofsted’s website: www.gov.uk/government/organisations/ofsted. If you would like Ofsted to send you a copy of the guidance, please telephone 0300 123 4234, or email enquiries@ofsted.gov.uk. achieve excellence in the care of children and young people, and in education and skills for learners of all ages. It regulates and inspects childcare and children's social care, and inspects the Children and Family Court Advisory Support Service (Cafcass), schools, colleges, initial teacher training, work-based learning and skills training, adult and community learning, and education and training in prisons and other secure establishments. It assesses council children’s services, and inspects services for looked after children, safeguarding and child protection.

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Setting details

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Setting details

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