Ready Steady Go Centre

Ready Steady Go Centre 129a High Street, Worle, Weston-super-Mare, Avon, BS22 6HQ

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Inspection date

Previous inspection date 6 January 2016 25 May 2011

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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 make good progress from their starting points. Staff plan a range of stimulating learning activities and teaching is of a consistently good standard.  Children behave in a positive way; they build good relationships with each other and use well-developed social skills.  The management and staff evaluate the setting well. They identify their strengths and areas to develop, and work hard to drive improvement forward.  The management team monitors staff performance through regular and targeted supervision meetings. Training is specific and has a positive impact on children's experiences. This is particularly helpful for those children with additional needs.  Children benefit from continuity of care and learning because partnerships with parents and other providers are well planned and considered. This has a particularly positive impact on those children learning English as an additional language.

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It is not yet outstanding because:

 At small-group times, staff occasionally miss opportunities to follow children's play ideas and adapt the activities to keep them engaged.  Staff do not always extend and develop children's interests in early writing skills as they play.

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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

 review how group activities are planned and organised so that all children are fully engaged and challenged  make the most of all opportunities that arise while children play to better support and develop their early writing skills further.

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Inspection activities

 The inspector observed staff and children inside and outside.  The inspector held a leadership and management meeting with the management team.  The inspector looked at documentation, including children's records and learning information, safeguarding documents and a sample of policies and procedures.  The inspector took the views of parents into account. The inspector spoke with staff and children during the inspection.  The inspector conducted a joint observation with the manager.

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Effectiveness of the leadership and management is good

Safeguarding is effective. The management team and staff understand child protection issues and the procedure to follow if they have concerns. They successfully promote children's safety and welfare. For example, staff take children slowly and carefully to play in a nearby garden and remind them of road safety rules before they leave. The management team has identified training programmes that are in response to children's care and learning needs and have a very positive impact on children's experiences. For example, staff have developed a strong knowledge of how best to promote positive behaviour and all children benefit from this. The management team uses its qualifications and experience effectively. For example, the learning environment is attractive, very well resourced and thoughtfully organised. Staff take great pride in providing good-quality resources, and use these well to help children explore and learn.

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Quality of teaching, learning and assessment is good

Children are interested, excited and keen to take part in the learning opportunities available. For example, children enjoy feeding a range of pet animals and talk with enthusiasm about the needs of living things. The management team and staff make detailed and evaluative observations of children's achievements. They plan interesting activities in response to children's needs and this helps to promote their next steps in learning. For example, children play in a mud kitchen, they are keen to take part and develop their imaginations. Children enjoy representing their own ideas and experimenting in a well-resourced creative area. For example, they play with lentils, toy bears and tell each other a story. Children improve their early reading skills and learn to cooperate. Staff track children's progress effectively, and note any gaps in their development and target these areas. All children make consistently good progress from their initial starting points.

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Personal development, behaviour and welfare are good

Children communicate very well with each other. They listen carefully to staff and respond well to the routine. Children consistently behave positively and treat each other kindly and with respect. Children use independent skills that will help them as they move on to school. For example, children organise their own snacks and help to wash up after they have eaten. Children benefit from well-planned outdoor experiences and plenty of fresh air and exercise. Children are confident and achieve well. The positive relationship parents and children build with their key person encourages good information sharing, helping children to feel emotionally secure.

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Outcomes for children are good

Children gain the skills they will need in preparation for school. They develop positive attitudes towards each other. They are happy, confident and motivated learners.

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Setting details

Unique reference number EY415085 Local authority North Somerset Inspection number 1003980 Type of provision Full-time provision Day care type Childcare - Non-Domestic Registers Early Years Register, Compulsory Childcare Register, Voluntary Childcare Register Age range of children 3 - 8 Total number of places 80 Number of children on roll 67 Name of provider Ready Steady Go Partnership Date of previous inspection 25 May 2011 Telephone number 01934 513449

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Setting details

Ready Steady Go Centre is situated in Worle, Somerset. The group opens from 8am until 6pm, all year round. It provides a pre-school during term time only for children aged three to five years, and holiday and afterschool clubs. There are 10 members of staff, including one with Qualified Teacher Status, with all other staff qualified to level 3. The pre-school receives funding to provide free early education for 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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