Beenham Pre-School

Beenham Pre-School Community Room, Beenham Primary School, Beenham, Reading, Berkshire, RG7 5NN

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Inspection date

Previous inspection date 22 September 2015 6 October 2014

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This inspection: Good 2

Previous inspection: Requires Improvement

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This inspection: Good 2

Effectiveness of the leadership and management Good 2

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This inspection: Good 2

Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good 2

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This inspection: Good 2

Personal development, behaviour and welfare Good 2

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This provision is good

 Teaching across the pre-school is consistently good. Children show they are interested and motivated to play and learn. Staff's accurate assessments of children ensure that any need for early intervention is identified promptly and additional support is sought. All children are making good progress from their starting points in readiness for school.  Staff establish positive, warm relationships with children. This helps children to feel secure in the pre-school and promotes their confidence, self-esteem and well-being. The good routines and clear explanations of behavioural expectations mean that children understand how to behave.  The manager and staff have a robust understanding of their roles in implementing the statutory requirements. All staff have completed safeguarding training and demonstrate a clear understanding of what to do if they are concerned about the safety or welfare of a child.

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This provision is good

 Parents are actively engaged in their children's learning. They receive ideas on how to support their children's achievements further at home. The manager has established close links with other schools and agencies to provide consistency in children's welfare and learning.

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It is not yet outstanding because:

 Staff do not always give children the best opportunities to develop their critical thinking skills.  Children do not always have free scope to follow their own ideas when accessing arts and crafts activities.

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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

 provide children with more opportunities to explore their own ideas, make predictions and solve problems  enhance further the programme for expressive arts and design by supporting children to make free choices in their artwork.

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Inspection activities

 The inspector observed children and the quality of staff interactions during activities indoors and outdoors.  The inspector looked at samples of children's assessment folders, records and a range of other documentation.  The inspector carried out a joint observation with the manager.  The inspector spoke with the staff, children and parents at appropriate times throughout the inspection.  The inspector met with a representative from the local authority.

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Effectiveness of the leadership and management is good

The ambitious manager is proactive in leading a well-managed provision. She has high expectations of the staff and children, and implements effective plans to drive improvement. Staff are well qualified and receive continuous training and supervision to improve their professional knowledge and practice. Since the last inspection, staff have secured further professional qualifications. They have accessed a wide range of training, which, in particular, has improved their safeguarding procedures. Safeguarding is effective. Staff have successfully implemented a communication programme that supports children to make rapid progress in their speaking skills. There are comprehensive systems to monitor and assess the progress of different cohorts of children. This ensures that no child is disadvantaged and all children get the very best support in their learning.

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Quality of teaching, learning and assessment is good

Staff provide a rich learning environment that offers children interesting and challenging experiences throughout the day. They have a good understanding of how children learn and how to challenge them in their play. Staff promote children's communication and language skills very well, modelling new words and encouraging children to describe what they see. Children extend their mathematical learning as they think how many wheels they need to add to their design when building a car from bricks. As a result, children are immersed in their self-chosen play and show good levels of concentration. Parents are encouraged to share learning from home, and staff use this information effectively to inform ongoing planning for children's next stages in their learning. Parents speak very highly of the staff.

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Personal development, behaviour and welfare are good

The key-person system is well embedded and children settle well into the pre-school. Children's behaviour is good and they make friends easily, showing sensitivity and kindness to each other. They are confident, self-assured and show a strong sense of belonging. Staff use the outdoor area and local community extremely well and children thoroughly enjoy being outside in the fresh air and being active. Children learn to take manageable risks as they use a range of suitably challenging physical play equipment. Staff promote a strong emphasis on developing children's independence. Staff establish effective care practices that promote children's physical and emotional well-being.

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Outcomes for children are good

All children are making good levels of progress from their starting points during their time in the pre-school. Staff are quick to identify any gaps in children's learning, particularly those with yet unidentified additional needs. They provide targeted and effective intervention to close gaps in learning so that all areas of learning are promoted equally.

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Setting details

Unique reference number 508015 Local authority West Berkshire (Newbury) Inspection number 994212 Type of provision Sessional provision Day care type Childcare - Non-Domestic Age range of children 2 - 8 Total number of places 26 Number of children on roll 7 Name of provider Beenham Pre-School Committee Date of previous inspection 6 October 2014 Telephone number 0118 9714380

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Setting details

Beenham Pre-school registered in 1992. It operates from the community room situated at Beenham Primary School, in a rural village close to Reading, in Berkshire. The pre-school is open during term time only. It operates Monday to Thursday from 9am to 2.45pm, offering morning and afternoon sessions, with a lunch club from 11.30am to 12.30pm. The pre-school does not open on Friday. The pre-school receives funding for the provision of free early education for children aged two, three and four years. The pre-school employs four members of staff, all of whom hold appropriate early years qualifications. It has close links with Beenham Primary school.

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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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