Whiteshill Preschool Playgroup

Whiteshill Pre-School Playgroup Whiteshill Scout Hut, Whiteshill Playing Fields, Whiteshill, Stroud, Gloucestershire, GL6 6AS

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Inspection date

Previous inspection date 16 December 2015 23 January 2012

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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 thrive in this friendly and caring pre-school. Staff take time to settle children, so they are happy and very secure. Staff support children's personal development exceptionally well so they are ready to move on to school with minimal disruption.  Staff encourage children to explore and find different ways of doing things. Children confidently express their views and listen to others' ideas. Children are fully involved in their play and make good progress in their learning and development.  Staff keep a very close check on children's progress. They involve parents fully in the process. They quickly identify any gaps in children's learning and promptly secure additional support to help children catch up.  Children enjoy a wide variety of interesting and stimulating learning experiences both at the pre-school and on many outings. These support children's overall development well and make them eager to learn.

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This provision is good

 Leaders have embedded an ethos of high expectations in staff, parents and children. They take account of everyone's views when evaluating practice and plan effective improvements to the quality of provision. Previous recommendations have been met.

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It is not yet outstanding because:

 When reviewing teaching practice, leaders and staff do not always focus fully on the impact of teaching on children's 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

 place greater focus on evaluating the impact of staff practice on children's progress, to concentrate on raising the quality of teaching to a consistently very high standard.

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Inspection activities

 The inspector observed and talked to children and staff during activities, and carried out a joint observation with the manager.  The inspector met with the committee chairperson and manager to discuss progress since the last inspection and the ongoing action plan for improvements.  The inspector sampled documents, including evidence of staff suitability to work with children, risk assessments, children's records, policies and procedures.  The inspector sampled children's developmental records and discussed with staff how they plan for and support children's learning.  The inspector talked to several parents and took account of their views, including comments from parental questionnaires.

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Effectiveness of the leadership and management is good

The committed manager enthusiastically leads her experienced and established staff team. They work together very effectively, sharing knowledge and skills to benefit all. They frequently attend training to bring fresh ideas to the pre-school. The leaders and staff continually evaluative their practice and identify where they can improve further. Safeguarding is effective. Staff and committee members take designated roles to ensure policies reflect statutory requirements and that these are met in practice to a high standard. The manager uses effective systems to monitor the progress of individuals and groups of children. She has established highly effective partnerships with other professionals to ensure parents, carers and children receive the support they need.

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Quality of teaching, learning and assessment is good

Staff have consistently high expectations of what each child can achieve. They regularly discuss with parents children's achievements at home and in pre-school, to gain an accurate picture of their progress. Parents understand how their children should progress and how they can contribute to this. This joint approach and mutual respect is highly beneficial to children's learning and well-being. Staff play alongside children, skilfully extending their learning. Children thoroughly enjoy the imaginatively resourced role-play areas, for example. They practise writing as they take orders for the caf and count out money to buy fruit at the snack bar. Staff frequently make resources to add interest, such as props for stories. Children were thrilled to make artificial snow. Staff encouraged them to predict what would happen and clearly explained new words, such as 'absorb'. Children's learning is enriched with many interesting outings and visitors.

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Personal development, behaviour and welfare are good

Staff are very good role models as they help children form strong relationships. Resources such as reassuring photographs from home help children gain a positive sense of themselves. Children devise group rules and think of ways to keep safe. A poster, for example, shows children's words and pictures such as 'don't touch stinging nettles'. Children behave extremely well. They are friendly, cooperative and sensitive to others' feelings. Occasionally large group activities do not interest or engage all the children. Children gain an excellent understanding of the importance of making healthy choices. They frequently discuss which healthy foods to buy in the role-play shop, for example. Children have plenty of well-planned and enjoyable opportunities to be physically active.

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Outcomes for children are good

Children are eager to join in and confidently express their views. Older children are keen to start writing and use their growing mathematical understanding in their play. They make very good progress from their starting points and are prepared well for starting school.

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Setting details

Unique reference number EY348590 Local authority Gloucestershire Inspection number 835225 Type of provision Full-time provision Day care type Childcare - Non-Domestic Registers Early Years Register Age range of children 2 - 4 Total number of places 26 Number of children on roll 22 Name of provider Whiteshill Pre-School Playgroup Committee Date of previous inspection 23 January 2012 Telephone number 01453 752094

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Setting details

Whiteshill Pre-school Playgroup registered in 1996. It operates from the village scout hut in Whiteshill village in Gloucestershire. Opening hours are 9am to 3pm on Tuesday and Wednesday, and 9am to 12noon on Thursday, during term-time only. The committee employs four members of staff, three of whom hold qualifications in child care at level 3. The pre-school is accredited to receive government funding for the provision of early education for children aged two, three and four years.

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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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