St. Edith's Preschool

St Edith's Pre-School Ltd Kemsing CP School, High Street, Kemsing, Sevenoaks, Kent, TN15 6PU

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Inspection date

Previous inspection date 21 April 2015 23 October 2009

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This inspection: Good 2

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

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This inspection: Good 2

The contribution of the early years provision to the well-being of children Good 2

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This inspection: Good 2

The effectiveness of the leadership and management of the early years provision Good 2

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This inspection: Good 2

The setting meets legal requirements for early years settings

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This provision is good

 Staff effectively support children who speak English as an additional language and have additional needs meaning that the rate of progress in their learning is good.  Staff maintain a high level of communication with parents, ensuring that they feel included and well informed with regards to their children's development. Therefore, children receive consistency of care and learning.  Staff use a variety of effective strategies to communicate with all children. Subsequently, all children develop good communication, speaking and listening skills and staff meet their individual needs.  Staff maintain good relationships with all children. Therefore, children are happy, engaged and demonstrate a high level of well-being and a good sense of belonging.  Staff use the stimulating garden area to engage children in all areas of learning. Children develop good physical skills and participate in challenging experiences.

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This provision is good

 Staff are good role models and rules and boundaries are well embedded. As a result, children are polite and well behaved.

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It is not yet outstanding because:

 Staff occasionally miss opportunities for children to access quiet time and engage in exploring books effectively.  Staff do not always use routines such as snack times to enhance children's awareness of using equipment safely and for a purpose and to promote high quality discussions.

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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 the environment to engage children in quiet times and exploration of books and literacy skills  extend opportunities during snack to use tools safely for a purpose and engage in purposeful and relevant discussions.

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Inspection activities

 The inspector viewed the areas of the pre-school that children use.  The inspector observed staff interacting with the children.  The inspector sampled written documentation, including children's progress reports, policies and procedures.  The inspector spoke to children, gathered parents' views and spoke to staff.  The inspector carried out a joint observation with the manager.

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who attend. This is good

Staff provide a variety of engaging and stimulating activities and experiences which promote learning and development across all areas of learning. Staff encourage children to be independent throughout the day and self-select activities. Staff demonstrate that they have high expectations of the children, as they provide experiences that require a level of maturity. For example, transporting water from the water butt to water the plants and lining up for lunchtime. Staff provide good experiences for children to learn skills they require for future learning. For example, they learn letters and colours of the week. Children actively use sign language and visual time lines, which supports their communication skills. Staff follow well embedded systems to monitor and assess children's development. Staff promptly identify gaps in progress and plan to a high standard for children's learning. As a result, all children make good progress in their development.

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good

Staff maintain good relationships with the children who, as a result, are happy to settle and are engaged in learning throughout the day. Staff make good use of their surroundings to extend children's learning. For example, they access music sessions in the school hall and have daily access to the spacious school field. As a result, children are stimulated and motivated to learn. Children show empathy and care for others and the environment. For instance, they reassure and help each other, and observe the bird box nest with genuine interest. Staff establish good relationships with other professionals. For example, they share information with other settings to ensure consistency in children's learning.

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provision is good

Management and staff have a good knowledge of the requirements and polices for safeguarding and child protection. This means all children remain safe. Staff risk assess the setting and the surrounding environment to ensure it is safe and secure. Management monitor the quality of provision regularly and make positive changes to improve children's learning outcomes. The manager uses effective systems to ensure the suitability of staff, through vigorous checks and a detailed induction process. The manager supports and encourages staff's professional development well through supervision and regular training. Most staff hold a relevant early year's qualification and regularly attend training and they access higher qualification courses. This has a positive impact on the children's learning and development, as they continuously update their knowledge.

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Setting details

Unique reference number EY313294 Local authority Kent Inspection number 834379 Type of provision Sessional provision Registration category Childcare - Non-Domestic Age range of children 2 - 8 Total number of places 24 Number of children on roll 46 Name of provider St Edith's Pre-School Ltd Date of previous inspection 23 October 2009 Telephone number 01732 760220

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Setting details

St Edith's Pre-school registered in 2005. However, the group has been established since 1976 under previous ownership. The pre-school is situated in the grounds of the Kemsing Primary School. Children attend for a variety of sessions. The pre-school operates five days a week, term time only, from 9.10am to 3.10pm. Seven staff work directly with the children and most of them hold relevant early year's qualifications.

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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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Setting details

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