Lyminge Pre-School

Lyminge Pre-School Lyminge Village Hall, Woodland Road, Lyminge, Folkestone, Kent, CT18 8EW

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Inspection date

Previous inspection date 25 February 2016 10 February 2011

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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 and senior management team lead the pre-school with a passion for excellence and continuous improvement. They hold very high aspirations and empower the staff to reach their potential through highly effective coaching, mentoring and professional development. The exceptionally high quality of teaching enables all children to make excellent progress in their learning and development.  Support for children who have special educational needs is excellent. Staff are dedicated and professional in their work with parents and with other professionals involved in children's individual support arrangements. Early and coordinated support ensures that children make the best possible progress.  Staff provide children with an extremely stimulating environment. They support children's learning exceptionally well, helping them to explore an extensive range of resources indoors and to develop their skills further in the extensive outdoor space.

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This provision is outstanding

 The highly qualified and experienced staff are extremely skilful in using precise observations and assessments of what children know and can do to plan activities that motivate children and challenge them to take the next step in their learning.  Parents speak very highly of the relationships that they and their children have with all staff. Parents know exactly how their children are progressing in their learning and what they can do to support their children's future learning at home.

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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

 enhance the organisation of books displayed in some areas of the pre-school so that they are more easily accessible for children.

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Inspection activities

 The inspector observed staff interactions with the children and the quality of teaching throughout the pre-school.  The inspector spoke with parents, staff members and children during the inspection and took account of their views.  The inspector conducted a joint observation with the manager.  The inspector held meetings with the nominated person, the manager and children's key persons.  The inspector looked at relevant documents, including information for parents, self- evaluation, policies and suitability checks.

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Effectiveness of the leadership and management is outstanding

Strong leadership underpins the excellent teaching and care in the pre-school. A highly effective induction programme supports new staff exceptionally well and establishes high expectations from the start. Safeguarding is effective. Staff have an excellent understanding of their responsibility to protect children from harm. The culture of vigilance includes, for example, a detailed knowledge of online safety and strict monitoring of the use of information technology within the pre-school. Management is extremely knowledgeable about the skills of all staff members. Outcomes of regular one-to-one meetings and the ongoing evaluation of practice are used extremely effectively to support individual professional development and the highly efficient deployment of staff. The manager monitors staff assessments of children's progress meticulously to ensure that any gaps in children's learning are quickly identified and addressed.

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Quality of teaching, learning and assessment is outstanding

Staff provide children with a rich, stimulating and vibrant learning environment indoors, and in the extensive garden area. Books are plentiful in the pre-school, although these are not always readily accessible to children. Staff make skilful use of their observations to help children make links in their learning. For example, when they created a road circuit for riding bikes they found children were unaware of how to use a zebra crossing. They promptly arranged a walk to the High Street to teach children about road safety. Staff are always interested in what children have to say and take every opportunity to extend children's use and understanding of language. For example, staff compared the idea of bread being soft and toast being hard to help a child understand the use of the word 'differentiate'.

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Personal development, behaviour and welfare are outstanding

Children develop extremely secure emotional attachments with their key person, and this supports their very high levels of confidence, self-esteem and independence. Children's behaviour is excellent. They cooperate very well with staff and each other. Staff have great insight and skill to adapt activities and routines to help each child learn to take responsibility for their personal health and safety at a level that matches their stage of development precisely and supports their well-being significantly.

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Outcomes for children are outstanding

Children are enthusiastic learners. They are curious, persevere and listen attentively to develop skills that support all aspects of learning. All children, including disabled children, those who have special educational needs, the most able, and those who are learning English as an additional language, are extremely well prepared for their move to school.

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Setting details

Unique reference number 127357 Local authority Kent Inspection number 825414 Type of provision Sessional provision Day care type Childcare - Non-Domestic Registers Early Years Register, Compulsory Childcare Register Age range of children 2 - 5 Total number of places 36 Number of children on roll 39 Name of provider Lyminge Preschool Playgroup Committee Date of previous inspection 10 February 2011 Telephone number 01303 863 149

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Setting details

Lyminge Pre-School started in 1969 and was registered in 2001. It is located in Lyminge, near Folkestone, Kent. The pre-school is open from 8am to 5.30pm on Monday to Thursday and from 8am to 3pm on Friday during school terms. The pre-school committee employs 10 staff including an administrator. Of these, nine hold appropriate early years childcare qualifications at level 3 and above. The manager holds Early Years Professional Status.

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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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