Nagila Pre-School

Nagila Pre-School Edgware Reform Synagogue, 118 Stonegrove, Edgware, Middlesex, HA8 8AB

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Inspection date

Previous inspection date 3 March 2016 22 June 2010

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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 management team shows a strong focus and passionate drive to provide excellent care and inspirational learning for children. The very well-qualified staff are highly motivated and work exceptionally well together, creating a secure, safe and inspiring learning environment for children.  Staff are supremely knowledgeable about how children learn and the quality of teaching is outstanding. They passionately follow children's interests and they have a deep understanding of what motivates each child to learn. As a result, children flourish and make excellent progress in their learning and development according to their starting points and capabilities.  Right from the start, management and staff highly value parents as partners and place the highest priority on working in true partnership with them. Parents speak extremely highly of the staff, they feel their children are exceptionally well cared for and are

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This provision is outstanding

superbly prepared for their future learning at school.  Staff help children to know they have a voice on matters affecting them. Each week, children are involved in reflecting on the activities they have taken part in and planning for further activities. They use a voting system to make decisions. Children understand this process and respect the choices that the majority of children make.  The key-person system is exceptionally strong. All staff are highly skilled and sensitive in helping children to form secure emotional attachments. This provides an exceptionally strong base for children's developing independence and exploration.  Children with disabilities and those with special educational needs make excellent progress. Staff support their learning extremely well, especially as they prepare for the move to school. Staff meet with parents and take advice from other professionals to ensure that all children's individual needs are consistently met.

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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

 continue to develop the networking with other early years settings, in order to share excellent practice and learn even more from each other.

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Inspection activities

 The inspector observed activities, both indoors and in the outside play areas, and talked to the staff and children at appropriate times.  The inspector carried out joint observations with pre-school manager and held a meeting with the manager and deputy manager.  The inspector looked at children's assessment records, planning documents and a range of other documents, including the safeguarding procedure.  The inspector checked evidence of the suitability and qualifications of staff working with children.  The inspector took account of the views of parents and of the pre-school's self- evaluation form.

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Effectiveness of the leadership and management is outstanding

The arrangements for safeguarding are effective. The manager and staff's skilful implementation of safeguarding procedures ensures that all children are protected from harm. Staff are vigilant in managing safety and the security of the environment and resources. Robust recruitment ensures all people working with the children are suitable to do so. Excellent programmes for staff supervision help to ensure that the quality of teaching at the pre-school is exceptionally high. The highly qualified and extremely motivated staff team is supported by a highly effective programme of training and mentoring. The impact of training is highly evident in staff's practice. For example, all staff demonstrate their expert knowledge of how to enthuse and motivate children to learn. The managers reflect on the views of children, parents and staff and implement highly effective changes to help children have the best start in their education.

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Quality of teaching, learning and assessment is outstanding

All children are eager to investigate the many high-quality experiences on offer, both in and outdoors. The enthusiastic staff ensure these activities very effectively help to promote their all-round development. The staff have an extremely sharp focus on enabling children to develop exceptional early reading and writing skills. Children engage and concentrate on drawing and writing superbly. They demonstrate skills well above what is expected for their age. Children use letters to build simple words. They confidently and independently change letters around to make further words. Children thoroughly enjoy imaginative play; they play closely together as they act out familiar experiences. Staff expertly support and promote children's development and plan precise next steps in learning for each child. They consistently encourage and take account of parents' views about their children's abilities and achievements at home.

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Personal development, behaviour and welfare are outstanding

Children are extremely confident and self-assured; their behaviour is exemplary. Staff place an exceptionally high emphasis on promoting children's emotional well-being and are skilled in supporting children during settling-in times. Children's physical development is extremely well promoted through daily activities. For example, children help to make obstacle courses outdoors. They balance and jump very well, they show an awareness of each other and respect turn taking. Children are extremely confident and proficient in their own self-care. They learn to understand their own needs as they choose when to eat their snack. Staff support them to work out for themselves what clothes they need to wear to go outside. Staff have an excellent understanding of how the environment has an impact on children's learning. They regularly adapt and change the planning, resources and the layout of the rooms to promote children's learning to an exceptionally high level.

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Outcomes for children are outstanding

Children make consistently high rates of progress, in relation to their starting points and are extremely well prepared for the next stage of their education. Children are highly motivated and very eager to join in, demonstrating enthusiasm and enquiring minds as they become confident and self-assured learners.

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Setting details

Unique reference number 147589 Local authority Barnet Inspection number 1024254 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 2 - 4 Total number of places 40 Number of children on roll 38 Name of provider The Edgware and District Reform Synagogue Date of previous inspection 22 June 2010 Telephone number 0208 238 1022

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Setting details

Nagila Pre-school was registered in 1999. The pre-school employs 11 members of childcare staff. Of these, eight hold appropriate early years qualifications at level 3 and above and the manager hold Early Years Professional status. The pre-school opens Monday to Thursday from 8am until 3pm and Friday from 9am until 12 noon, through school term times. The pre-school provides funded early education for two-, three- and four-year-old children. The pre-school supports children with disabilities and children with special educational needs.

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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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