Silverstone Pre-School

Silverstone Pre-School Group Chapel Rooms, Murswell Lane, Silverstone, Northamptonshire, NN12 8UT

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Inspection date

Previous inspection date 1 December 2015 3 November 2009

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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

 Children enjoy their time at the pre-school and are motivated to learn. Staff provide children with interesting, stimulating experiences and activities which cover all areas of learning and enable them to make choices for themselves.  Children and their families are warmly welcomed into the friendly pre-school. All children are assigned a key person. This helps to ensure children's care is tailored to their unique needs. Children settle well and demonstrate that they feel safe, happy and emotionally secure.  Staff establish effective partnerships with parents, other professionals and early years providers, including local schools. As a result, there is a consistent approach to children's learning and care. Parents compliment the care and learning provided and comment about how happy their children are to attend.  Staff act as positive role models. They effectively support children to manage their

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This provision is good

feelings and behaviour to share resources and take their turn. Children receive praise and encouragement. This successfully builds children's self-confidence and encourages them to persist at their chosen tasks.

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It is not yet outstanding because:

 Management procedures to supervise and support recently appointed staff are not always sharply focused on enhancing their teaching skills.  On occasions, children do not have enough time to think about how to respond to questions and comments from staff and express their own thoughts.

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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 performance management arrangements to ensure recently appointed staff are thoroughly supported to achieve consistently high-quality teaching practice  enhance children's opportunities to express their own thoughts and ideas during activities.

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Inspection activities

 The inspector observed the quality of teaching during activities indoors and outdoors, and assessed the impact this has on children's learning.  The inspector completed a joint observation with the manager.  The inspector held a meeting with the nominated representative of the committee and the pre-school manager. She looked at relevant documentation, such as the self- evaluation and evidence of the suitability of the committee and staff working in the pre- school.  The inspector spoke to a small selection of parents during the inspection and took account of their views.

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Effectiveness of the leadership and management is good

The arrangements for safeguarding are effective. Recruitment and induction procedures are clear. Management ensures that committee and staff members have completed required Disclosure and Barring Service checks before they have any unsupervised access to children. At all times, staff are vigilant about the safety of the children. They maintain a safe, secure environment. Staff understand what would cause them concern and their responsibilities to protect children from abuse and neglect. The majority of staff are qualified. The manager continues to develop performance management to provide greater insight into individual staff's skills and preferences for training. She implements effective procedures to monitor children's attendance and progress. This allows her to see how children develop over time and helps her to address any gaps in their learning in a timely manner.

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Quality of teaching, learning and assessment is good

Staff successfully build on the children's interests as they play. Children use imaginary play experiences to express their developing thoughts and ideas. They are encouraged by staff to count the number of bricks as they build structures in the builder's yard. Children are taught about the purpose of the different builder's tools and why they need to wear a hard hat. They have lots of fun and thoroughly enjoy knocking over their tall structures, squealing with excitement. From a young age, children are encouraged to listen and follow instructions. Children display good concentration skills as they practise the nativity story. They enthusiastically sing songs and eagerly perform actions associated with them. Younger children are introduced to new words as they play. For example, they repeat phrases, such as ready, steady go, during racing games. Older children use language, such as swishy and splashy, as they re-enact stories. Children are supported to sort and

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Quality of teaching, learning and assessment is good

order objects according to their colour and size. They concentrate and persist at their task.

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Personal development, behaviour and welfare are good

Staff value children as individuals and nurture their care and development. Settling-in procedures successfully support new children to integrate into the group. Children confidently explore their surroundings, develop friendships and independently select their activities. Children learn to respect and celebrate each other's differences. They participate in Christmas and Chinese New Year celebrations and meet others during walks around the local community. Children eat a healthy, balanced range of foods. They enjoy being physically active in the fresh air. Children collect items, such as twigs and leaves, to make pretend campfires. They jump in muddy puddles and use rope swings during visits to the forest.

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Outcomes for children are good

Children are making good progress in their learning and development in readiness for school. They are supported well and benefit from a good range of enjoyable experiences indoors and outdoors.

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Setting details

Unique reference number 219960 Local authority Northamptonshire Inspection number 865829 Type of provision Sessional provision Day care type Childcare - Non-Domestic Registers Early Years Register, Compulsory Childcare Register, Voluntary Childcare Register Age range of children 2 - 4 Total number of places 30 Number of children on roll 40 Name of provider Silverstone Pre-School Group Committee Date of previous inspection 3 November 2009 Telephone number 01327858886

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Setting details

Silverstone Pre-School Group was registered in 1969. The pre-school employs seven members of childcare staff. Of these, six hold appropriate early years qualifications from level 1 to 5. The pre-school opens from Monday to Friday during term time only. Sessions are from 9am until 3.30pm on Mondays and Tuesdays, and from 9am until 1pm on Wednesdays, Thursdays and Fridays. The pre-school provides funded early education for two-, three- and four-year-old children and supports those who speak English as an additional language.

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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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