Fish and Bricks PreSchoolOfsted inspection, 15 Jan 2016

Fish and Bricks PreSchool Burgess Hill Baptist Church, Barn House, Station Road, Burgess Hill, West Sussex, RH15 9EQ

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Inspection date

Previous inspection date 15 January 2016 4 January 2012

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This inspection: Outstanding 1

Effectiveness of the leadership and management Outstanding 1

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This inspection: Outstanding 1

Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Outstanding 1

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This inspection: Outstanding 1

Personal development, behaviour and welfare Outstanding 1

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This provision is outstanding

 The manager supports her staff exceptionally well to ensure that the quality of teaching is excellent. Children are motivated, eager to learn and make extremely rapid progress in relation to their starting points.  Children enjoy playing outside. Staff provide interesting, challenging and highly stimulating activities that encourage them to learn to take risks safely and develop excellent physical skills.  Staff have exceptionally strong links with other professionals, schools and other settings that children attend. This excellent partnership working helps to support all children's care, learning and development needs.  Partnerships with parents are highly effective. Staff share an excellent range of information with parents about their children's progress and next steps. This helps to support continuity in children's learning between home and the setting.  Outcomes for children are consistently high. Children are extremely well prepared and

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This provision is outstanding

ready for starting school.  Children demonstrate exceptionally positive behaviour. They learn to share and take turns, and are very respectful of each other.

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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 the already excellent-quality teaching practices, to continually improve on the excellent outcomes for younger children.

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Inspection activities

 The inspector observed the quality of teaching during activities both indoors and outdoors, and assessed the impact this has on children's learning.  The inspector took account of the views of parents and children spoken to on the day of the inspection.  The inspector completed a joint observation with the manager.  The inspector held a meeting with the manager and viewed a sample of documentation, such as the self-evaluation document and the suitability of staff.

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Effectiveness of the leadership and management is outstanding

The manager seeks the views of parents, staff and children continually to review and improve the already exceptionally high standards. Overall, this helps to ensures all children achieve to their highest level. However, staff miss the occasional opportunity to extend their excellent practice further to provide even greater support for the youngest children. Safeguarding is effective. Staff have an excellent understanding of how to keep children safe and are very clear on how to report any concerns. The manager ensures staff have regular opportunities for training, support and coaching. Staff attend training courses and share their new skills and ideas with the rest of the team. This helps to provide children with exceptionally high-quality teaching. Staff have excellent partnerships with other professionals to support disabled children and those with special educational needs.

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Quality of teaching, learning and assessment is outstanding

Staff motivate and engage children exceptionally well. They provide highly stimulating activities and experiences, and children concentrate and spend long periods on their chosen play. Staff encourage and praise children's efforts and perseverance. They are highly skilled in promoting children's language and communication skills. For example, an impressive use of skilful questioning by staff enables children to extend their thinking and increase their problem-solving skills. Staff assess children's learning and progress extremely accurately. They use children's interests and next steps to plan relevant and highly engaging activities. This helps all children to make rapid progress.

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Personal development, behaviour and welfare are outstanding

Children have a very positive sense of self-esteem and demonstrate respectful behaviour at all times. Their excellent behaviour and co-operation skills are exemplary. Older children support the younger children. For example, they help them to learn to use the computer and wash their hands. Children explain that they need to wash the germs from their hands before eating and confidently support one another in pouring drinks during snack time. The key-person system is highly effective. Children have exceptionally secure relationships with the staff. This helps to promote extremely high levels of emotional well-being.

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Outcomes for children are outstanding

All children, including disabled children and those with special educational needs, have excellent outcomes. Any gaps in learning are rapidly closed and children develop excellent skills ready for their next stage in learning.

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Setting details

Unique reference number EY430996 Local authority West Sussex Inspection number 822804 Type of provision Sessional provision Day care type Childcare - Non-Domestic Registers Early Years Register Age range of children 2 - 4 Total number of places 30 Number of children on roll 62 Name of provider Fish & Bricks Pre-School at Gateway Baptist Church Committee Date of previous inspection 4 January 2012 Telephone number 07791 662578

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Setting details

Fish and Bricks PreSchool registered in 1993. It operates from a series of rooms in the Gateway Baptist Church in Burgess Hill, West Sussex. The pre-school opens five days a week during term times, from 8.15am to 1.15pm. The provider receives funding to provide free early education for children aged two, three and four years. The pre-school employs 11 staff members, including the manager. Of these, eight staff hold appropriate early years 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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