Tewin Under Fives Pre- School

Tewin Under Fives Pre- School The Scout Hut, Lower Green, Tewin, Hertfordshire, AL6 0LB

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Inspection date

Previous inspection date 11 March 2016 7 November 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

 Children spend their time purposefully. They are eager to join in with stimulating well- planned activities that support them in acquiring the skills they need for future learning and school. Children engage with staff extremely well. Staff consistently ask probing questions during their play and this is one example of how children are continually encouraged to think further.  Partnerships with parents and carers are outstanding and enhance all aspects of children's overall care and well-being. Parents are extremely involved in their children's time at pre-school and speak very highly of all staff. Parents contribute to their children's learning, which starts with the sharing of where their children are in their development when they first start at the pre-school.  Staff place an extremely sharp focus on children's communication and language development, including those who speak English as an additional language. During

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This provision is outstanding

group time activities, staff introduce an excellent range of new words and language. Children engage excitedly as they explore a feely bag of resources and confidently use a range of describing words to explain what they can feel.  The inside and outside environments are very appealing with an exceptional range of resources. Children are highly motivated and show excellent concentration skills.  Staff are highly driven and demonstrate an exemplary commitment for continuous improvement. They are exceptionally proactive in obtaining feedback from children and parents on their practice which assists them in developing their in-depth evaluation. The leader and her staff team are remarkably well organised and implement statutory requirements meticulously.

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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

 refine the system for assessing progress, so that it gives a clear picture of the achievements made by specific groups of children in order to sharpen planning where necessary.

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Inspection activities

 The inspector spoke to children and staff at appropriate times throughout the inspection. She also viewed a range of children's learning profiles.  The inspector held a meeting with the pre-school leader. She looked at relevant documentation, such as the pre-school's policies and procedures. She also viewed evidence of the suitability of committee members and staff working in the pre-school.  The inspector spoke to a number of parents during the inspection and took account of other parent's views in writing.  The inspector reviewed the provider's self-evaluation record and discussed other methods of reflective practice.  The inspector observed a planned activity and jointly evaluated this with the provider.  The inspector observed the quality of teaching during activities indoors and outdoors, and assessed the impact this has on children's learning.

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Effectiveness of the leadership and management is outstanding

The leader and her staff team are inspirational in their pursuit for children to reach the highest levels of achievement. Opportunities for staff to extend their professional development are excellent. Weekly staff meetings and regular supervision and appraisal meetings support the well-qualified staff team in evaluating their practice to drive improvement. All staff complete a self-evaluation of their own practice before appraisal and the leader is appraised by all staff alongside the committee. The leader monitors staff practice exceptionally well and staff observe each other confidently to discuss and improve practice overall. The arrangements for safeguarding are effective. All staff are extremely vigilant in protecting children in their care. They listen to what children say. They have close professional relationships with other setting and agencies, and ensure their safeguarding knowledge is consistently updated. All new legislative changes are

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Effectiveness of the leadership and management is outstanding

implemented immediately to ensure that requirements are met at all times.

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Quality of teaching, learning and assessment is outstanding

Planning is exceedingly precise to incorporate children's individual next steps in learning. Activities are adapted exceptionally well to meet children's differing capabilities. All children are challenged exceptionally well. They are extremely confident to problem solve and work things out independently as they create their own castles. Older children skilfully teach younger children how to use a range of equipment, such as hole punchers and tape dispensers. Children thrive as they enjoy pre-school topics, such as space. They engage with the current theme which incorporates princes and princesses and is linked to the pre- school's history topic. Children demonstrate excellent physical skills as they dress and undress in their costumes. They show extremely good imaginative skills as they explore the castle home corner and develop different characters as they play. Excellent monitoring of children's development identifies gaps in progress that are rapidly narrowed. However,

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Quality of teaching, learning and assessment is outstanding

the leader acknowledges that refining the system for assessing progress will give a clearer picture of how well specific groups of children are achieving.

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Personal development, behaviour and welfare are outstanding

Children's behaviour is exemplary. Their personal, social and emotional development is exceptionally well promoted by warm and welcoming staff. Children's health is significantly enhanced by the staff's consistent implementation of robust policies, procedures and practice. High standards of care and hygiene practice support the personal care needs of all children. Staff provide children with a safe and secure environment where the foundations for their future learning are extremely well promoted. Children build strong relationships and develop friendships with staff and children.

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Outcomes for children are outstanding

All children make excellent progress in every area of learning. They thrive in the outside environment. They interact with staff as they play games, and are extremely excited as they explore the well-equipped outside area looking for hidden pictures of eggs. Children show extreme kindness to their peers. For example, older children deliberately seek out younger children and support them in finding the eggs so they do not miss out.

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Setting details

Unique reference number EY425050 Local authority Hertfordshire Inspection number 852553 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 20 Number of children on roll 25 Name of provider Tewin Under Fives Pre-School Date of previous inspection 7 November 2011 Telephone number 01438716132

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Setting details

Tewin Under Fives Pre-School registered in 1996. The pre-school employs five members of childcare staff. Of these, four hold appropriate early years qualifications at level 2 or above. The pre-school opens Monday to Thursday from 9am until 3pm and on Fridays from 9am until 1pm. The pre-school provides funded early education for two-, three- and four-year-old children. The pre-school also supports children who speak English as an additional language.

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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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