Springboard Opportunity Group- Clevedon

Springboard Opportunity Group 2a Princes Road, Clevedon, North Somerset, BS21 7SZ

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Inspection date

Previous inspection date 8 July 2015 5 March 2009

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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

 There is inspirational leadership and highly effective systems for evaluating and monitoring the provision to drive improvement. This ensures that staff have consistently high expectations for their achievement and are supported by an astute and targeted programme of professional development.  There is excellent partnership working at all levels, which supports the skilful staff team to promptly identify and meet children's needs exceptionally well.  The quality of the teaching and interactions is exceptional. The leadership team is excellent at routinely sharing innovative skills and practice, for example, through sharing training, modelling activities and recording staff's positive interactions to maintain highly effective teaching. Therefore, children make excellent progress from their starting points.  There are excellent opportunities for children to build friendships and develop their social skills. This is because staff establish positive and caring relationships through a

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This provision is outstanding

highly effective key-person system, which ensures they value children as individuals and routinely and efficiently meet their care needs.  The management team and staff have an excellent understanding of the requirements of the Early Years Foundation Stage. All staff have a comprehensive knowledge of child protection issues and their responsibilities to report any concerns to safeguard children.  There are extensive links with schools and other early years settings to ensure staff effectively support children as they take the next step in their learning.

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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 further the strong systems for monitoring children's progress to promote more consistency in the assessment arrangements.

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Inspection activities

 The inspector observed children playing indoors and outdoors.  The inspector spoke with the leadership team, early years professional, staff and children at convenient times during the inspection.  The inspector considered the written views of parents and those spoken to on the day of inspection.  The inspector completed a joint observation with the manager.  The inspector sampled documentation including children's learning diaries, the setting's self-evaluation (Bristol Standards), and their policies and procedures.

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who attend. This is outstanding

Very knowledgeable staff plan enriching experiences for children across the educational programme to support their next steps highly effectively. Following recent training, staff have further extended children's communication and language skills. Children follow simple instructions and familiar routines very well. For example, they receive the rolling reel, collect their photograph and roll the reel back, developing very good turn taking skills. Staff comment clearly on children's actions, acknowledging their unique styles of learning, giving them time to complete the task and praising their achievements to build excellent self-esteem. Children are motivated to learn because they receive individual attention from staff who know them exceedingly well. Children are highly stimulated during a game of peekaboo, copying movements and vocalising their excitement. Staff are respectful and give children time to add their own sounds to familiar songs and ideas

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who attend. This is outstanding

during stories. Children solve problems well as they explore the water to discover how the toy fish makes bubbles.

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outstanding

Caring and efficient staff provide a highly welcoming, stimulating and supportive environment that successfully meets children's interests, emotional needs and individual requirements. Children arrive happily and follow simple routines, such as hanging their bags on their individually named and photographed peg. Staff encourage children's independence exceptionally well, such as tapping the floor and wall to guide children. Staff are excellent at consistently meeting children's health and care needs through accessing relevant training and effective partnership working with parents and health professionals. Children make healthy choices at snack time. Staff use picture cues and sign language exceptionally well to ensure they involve all children. Children count three spoonfuls of powder into their milk. They use tools purposely to whisk their milkshake and pour it into their cup independently, developing very good small muscle skills. Children learn safe

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outstanding

practices, such as sitting down to descend steps when they explore the outside play area.

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provision is outstanding

There is an uncompromising drive to provide children with the best start in their learning and maintain the highest levels of achievement for all children. There are strong systems to monitor and review children's progress, although some learning diaries are less consistent. There are highly effective systems for staff recruitment, vetting, induction and professional development. Staff support parents extremely well, providing them with a wealth of information. They invite their feedback regularly to help improve the provision and actively involve them in their children's learning.

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Setting details

Unique reference number 511262 Local authority North Somerset Inspection number 826255 Type of provision Full-time provision Registration category Childcare - Non-Domestic Age range of children 0 - 8 Total number of places 12 Number of children on roll 24 Name of provider Springboard Opportunity Group Date of previous inspection 5 March 2009 Telephone number 01275 341113

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Setting details

Springboard Opportunity Group registered in 1986 and moved to its present site in Clevedon, North Somerset in 1992. It is overseen by a board of trustees. The group opens Monday, Tuesday and Friday from 9.15am to 3.45pm and Wednesday and Thursday from 9.15am to 12.15pm, during term time only. Stay and Play sessions operate on Thursday afternoons throughout the year and a play scheme runs for a week in the Summer holiday. All children attending have special educational needs and/or disabilities. The group offers free early education to children aged two, three and four years. The trustees employ a manager who has Qualified Teacher Status and is an Early Years Professional. She is supported by six members of staff, two of whom have Early Years Professional Status and four of whom hold early years qualifications at level 3.

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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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