Evergreen Play Association & Adventure Playground

Evergreen Play Association & Adventure Playground Evergreen Play Association, Evergreen Playground,Beehive Close, LONDON, E8 3JT

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Inspection date

Previous inspection date 4 August 2015 17 January 2012

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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

 Children continue to make excellent progress in their development. They are excited and motivated by the extensive range of fun and stimulating activities available for them in this unique playground.  The adventure playground is an innovative and exciting environment for children. They enjoy abundant opportunities, such as den building and cave painting, to expand their imagination and develop physically and emotionally.  The highly innovative staff interactions mean children are eager and enthusiastic, for example, when they learn about the natural world and living things. In addition, their communication skills and language develop rapidly and are exceptional.  The well qualified and knowledgeable staff are totally at ease in their work and are very skilled as they understand children's needs. They seize opportunities to build on children's interests and abilities within a culture of fun and play.

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This provision is outstanding

 Staff have excellent partnerships between parents, other professionals and local schools. This ensures a thorough and collaborative approach to identifying and meeting all children's needs, including those with special educational needs and/or disabilities.  The leadership is highly effective in driving improvement. Staff work exceptionally well together. They participate in supervision meetings and have regular training, which promotes consistent practices, such as extremely good behaviour management.

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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

 strengthen further children's awareness of the importance for excellent personal hygiene routines, especially with hand-washing.

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Inspection activities

 The inspector walked around the premises and grounds, accompanied by the playground managers.  The inspector spoke with the management, staff and children at appropriate times throughout the inspection.  The inspector observed children's play activities, and the staff's interactions with children.  The inspector took account of the views of parents and carers spoken to on the day.  The inspector looked at documentation, including planning, displays and a selection of policies and procedures.

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who attend. This is outstanding

This outstanding play environment is child-centred, inclusive, accessible and extremely well adapted to meet all children's individual needs. Staff are exceptionally well deployed to support children and encourage excellent communication as children play together cooperatively. Staff ensure there are rich and varied experiences that are interesting and challenging. Children enjoy the excellent range of art and craft activities. For example, children gathered around excitedly to create a giant island as they made trees, animals and different-sized caves from a huge range of resources. Staff have extremely high expectations of themselves and the children, and provide a wealth of inspirational and imaginative play experiences. For example, with a play worker's expertise in teaching, children explore the wild blackberries and create large cave paintings on the wall using the ripe berries. Children have excellent opportunities to develop their large-muscle control

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who attend. This is outstanding

and coordination as they climb, run, jump and sweep down the zip-wire.

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outstanding

Children are extremely happy and well-motivated to pursue their own play experiences and gain excellent skills that support them well for the future. Staff have an exceptionally consistent approach as they manage children's behaviour and provide them with excellent expectations. This means children learn to respect and care about each other and their environment in an extraordinary way. Children have an excellent understanding of safety and risk because staff encourage their independence and allow children to take responsibility. As a result, they become highly confident and learn how to manage their own safety. However, there is less concentration on their awareness of excellent hygiene practices. Staff complete highly comprehensive risk assessments, which are consistently implemented and keep children safe both inside and outdoors.

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provision is outstanding

The leadership and management of the playground is exceptionally strong and there are highly effective systems to ensure staff meet together daily for practice discussions. Staff work exceptionally well together and are excellent role models to the children. There are highly effective arrangements to safeguard children. The staff are extremely knowledgeable and highly trained in child protection procedures. The staff turnover at the playground is very low and most staff have been employed for many years. The dedication and passion for working with children is relentless. Parents fill in annual questionnaires and comment favourably. Those parents spoken to during the inspection, spoke extremely highly of the staff, especially the managers. The managers constantly review the quality of staff's practices and children's experiences to ensure they are remain excellent.

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Setting details

Unique reference number 144572 Local authority Hackney Inspection number 846635 Type of provision Out of school provision Registration category Childcare - Non-Domestic Age range of children 5 - 8 Total number of places 35 Number of children on roll 22 Name of provider Evergreen Play Association Date of previous inspection 17 January 2012 Telephone number 02072759004

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Setting details

Evergreen Play Association & Adventure Playground registered in 1993. It is situated in the London Borough of Hackney. The playground is open during term time from 4pm until 7pm on Tuesday to Friday, and from 12pm to 5pm on Saturday. It opens in the school holidays from 10am until 5pm on Monday to Friday. There are 11 members of staff, all of whom have relevant qualifications, including three at level 5 and seven with level 3 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

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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