Towntree Pre-school Ltd

Towntree Pre-School Methodist Church Hall, Saxon Road, Ashford, Surrey, TW15 1QL

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Inspection date

Previous inspection date 14 March 2016 19 October 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

 Staff know children exceptionally well and provide extensive resources and experiences that meet their individual learning needs. Children make outstanding progress and have wonderful opportunities to develop their curiosity in the challenging learning environment. They develop excellent skills ready for their future.  Staff use observation and assessment highly effectively. They plan very precisely for the next steps in children's learning. The exceptionally skilled staff team meticulously monitors all children's progress and uses excellent strategies to rapidly close any gaps.  There are excellent partnerships with parents. Staff involve parents very successfully in their children's learning right from the start. Parents highly value the support and guidance provided by staff, which helps them to continue and support their children's learning at home.  Children form outstanding relationships and exceptionally close bonds with staff, and

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This provision is outstanding

they consistently show that they feel extremely safe and secure. Staff nurture children's emotional well-being exceptionally well; they are extremely kind and caring and treat children as unique individuals.  Staff work extremely closely with professionals, schools and other settings that children attend. The excellent partnership working contributes exceptionally well to children's care and learning.

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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 maintain and extend staff's professional skills and knowledge to support outcomes for children to the highest possible level.

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Inspection activities

 The inspector had a tour of the pre-school and took part in a joint observation with the manager.  The inspector observed the quality of staff's interactions with children.  The inspector held discussions with the manager, owners and staff at appropriate times during the inspection.  The inspector took into account the views of parents spoken to on the day.  The inspector looked at various documents, including policies and procedures, risk assessments, children's records, and staff training records and evidence of their suitability.

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Effectiveness of the leadership and management is outstanding

Safeguarding is effective. Staff have an excellent understanding of safeguarding issues and the procedures to follow if they have concerns about a child. The manager drives excellent improvement and uses the views of parents, children and staff to identify improvements that match their needs extremely well. The manager monitors staff practice vigilantly. Staff are highly committed to their work and actively complete training to expand their teaching skills and children's high quality learning experiences even further. Occasionally, the manager does not cascade information promptly to staff to ensure they maintain the highest level of knowledge. Staff work extremely well with agencies and families to meet the needs of vulnerable children.

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Quality of teaching, learning and assessment is outstanding

Staff work exceptionally well with other professionals to provide excellent support to children who have special educational needs and those who are learning English as an additional language so that they make rapid progress. Children show outstanding confidence. They choose what they want to do and direct their play and learning. Staff extend children's interests and provide high levels of challenge to develop their abilities. For example, children had a superb time writing shopping lists alongside their friends, which helped them to recognise words and numbers. Staff provide expert support to young children to help them solve practical problems. For instance, children worked excitedly and cooperatively as a team to construct an airport and talked enthusiastically about their experiences.

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Personal development, behaviour and welfare are outstanding

Children have an excellent understanding of the routines and are highly confident in completing tasks independently. For example, they enthusiastically help at snack time. Children develop their physical skills exceptionally well and understand the importance of exercise. They develop excellent coordination and control, and move around extremely safely, such as when playing ball games. Staff value and include all children exceptionally well so that they develop an excellent sense of belonging. Children develop an excellent understanding of other people. They learn to value, respect and celebrate differences, such as different cultures, languages and the individual needs of their friends.

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Outcomes for children are outstanding

All children make excellent progress from their starting point. They are highly motivated to learn and take part in activities with exceptional levels of engagement. Children develop their mathematical skills extremely well through an extensive range of planned and spontaneous activities. For example, older children excitedly rolled a hoop and measured how far it travelled. Children develop an exceptional understanding of letters and their sounds and develop their language skills extremely well.

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Setting details

Unique reference number 120294 Local authority Surrey Inspection number 825236 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 26 Number of children on roll 52 Name of provider Towntree Pre School Ltd Date of previous inspection 19 October 2011 Telephone number 01784 886266

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Setting details

Towntree Pre-School registered in 2000. It is one of two pre-schools and an out of school club owned and operated by Towntree Pre-school Ltd. The pre-school operates from a church hall in Ashford, Surrey. It is open Monday to Friday, from 9am to 12 noon and from 12.30pm to 3.30pm, term time only. The pre-school receives funding to provide free early education for children aged two, three and four years. The pre-school employs eight members of staff, of whom seven hold relevant 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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