Bromley Heath Badgers Preschool

Bromley Heath Badgers Preschool Bromley Heath Infant School, Quakers Road, Bristol, BS16 6NJ

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Inspection date

Previous inspection date 16 February 2016 Not applicable

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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

 The nursery is good at promoting children's independence and self-care during all daily routines. This prepares children well for starting school.  Staff praise children for all of their achievements and effectively support them in learning right from wrong. Children demonstrate good levels of self-esteem.  Staff meet children's personal, social and emotional needs successfully. They have a warm and caring approach towards the children. Staff build meaningful relationships with the children and their parents.  The management and staff work closely as a team and morale is high. All staff are involved in the self-evaluation process. They identify their individual and team strengths and areas to improve to move forward and strengthen outcomes for children and parents.  The quality of teaching is good. Staff understand how children learn and provide a wide range of planned and freely chosen play activities, enhancing children's learning and

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It is not yet outstanding because:

 Staff do not always give all children enough warning about changes in routines, so children do not have opportunities to end their play and they can be reluctant to help tidy up.  Staff miss some chances to enhance children's multicultural learning during their free choice play times.

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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

 improve changeover times so that children know what is going to happen and can end their play for themselves and contribute to tidying up  increase the range of accessible resources and opportunities for multicultural learning during the times when children choose their own activities, to promote diversity and reflect a range of cultural backgrounds.

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Inspection activities

 Leadership and management discussions took place with the manager and her deputy at appropriate times during the inspection and in a scheduled meeting.  The inspector observed activities and staff interactions with children in the classroom and the outside learning environment.  The inspector looked at documentation, including a sample of children's records, planning and records, and checked the suitability of staff and committee members.  The inspector took account of the views of children, staff and parents spoken to on the day of the inspection, and of the provider's self-evaluation.  The inspector completed a joint observation with the manager of the pre-school.

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Effectiveness of the leadership and management is good

The newly appointed manager is an effective leader. She is supported by a well-qualified and committed staff team. The leaders and committee have a clear understanding of their responsibility to meet the Early Years Foundation Stage requirements. Safeguarding is effective. Staff have knowledge and experience in child protection procedures and are aware of the action to take if they are concerned about the welfare of a child in their care. Staff make good use of their ongoing training to develop their skills and enhance learning for children. The partnership with parents is well established; parents are complimentary about the pre-school. Clear recruitment and vetting systems ensure that staff are suitable to work with children. Staff make effective links with other early years settings. For example, communication diaries go between a child's home and settings to share information.

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Quality of teaching, learning and assessment is good

Staff support children in making good progress. They observe and assess children's skills and development and use this information, along with information about children's individual interests, to plan challenging and interesting next steps. Staff promote children's communication and language skills effectively. They regularly engage in conversations with the children. Children share their home experiences. For example, at mealtimes they talk about holidays they have been on with their families. During role play in the home area, children learn about mathematics through staff role modelling. Children begin to understand the concept of shape, colour and number, as well as categorising and quantities. Children explore the play environments confidently and make lots of choices about who and what they would like to play with.

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Personal development, behaviour and welfare are good

The children are happy and settle quickly when they arrive at the pre-school. The outdoor area is stimulating and well used by children. All children spend time outside and are motivated by the learning opportunities in the garden and the woods. Staff remind children about safety and children develop good awareness of keeping themselves safe for their future development. Staff use a range of effective methods to teach children about values. This helps children to understand boundaries, the feelings of others and similarities and differences between themselves and others. The snacks provided by staff are nutritious and healthy and children are involved in preparing the snacks, which develops their physical skills and independence.

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Outcomes for children are good

All children are well supported to make good progress in their learning and development from their starting point. Children are keen to learn and develop a range of key skills that prepare them well for the next stage in learning and eventual move to school.

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Setting details

Unique reference number EY476470 Local authority South Gloucestershire Inspection number 960197 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 17 Number of children on roll 29 Name of provider Bromley Heath Badgers Pre-School Committee Date of previous inspection Not applicable Telephone number 07837 642294

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Setting details

Bromley Heath Badgers Pre-school registered in 2014. It operates from a separate building in the grounds of Bromley Heath Infant School. The pre-school is open Monday to Friday from 9am to 3pm during term time only. The pre-school employs five members of staff. The manager holds Qualified Teacher Status and three other staff have relevant qualifications at level 3. The pre-school receives funding to provide free early education to children aged 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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