Mice To Meet You Playgroup

Mice To Meet You Playgroup 27-29 Hulton District Centre, Worsley, Manchester, M28 0BA

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Inspection date

Previous inspection date 25 February 2016 20 March 2015

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Previous inspection: Requires Improvement

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Effectiveness of the leadership and management Requires improvement Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Requires improvement Personal development, behaviour and welfare Requires improvement Outcomes for children Requires improvement

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This provision requires improvement. It is not yet good because:

 Assessment is not sharply focused to ensure all children make good progress. This includes monitoring the gaps for different groups of children to promote targeted interventions.  Children's attendance is not rigorously promoted and pursued to ensure children have prompt and regular attendance.  Occasionally, staff do not effectively promote children's language and independence skills.  Staff do not fully extend children's keen interest in technological toys to help develop their understanding of how things work.

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It has the following strengths

 Children are supported in developing positive behaviour. Staff remind children to be kind to each other and explain the importance of sharing and taking turns.  Staff and the management team carry out secure risk assessments to ensure all areas of the premises are safe for children to learn and play.  Robust recruitment procedures are in place and regular checks are carried out by the manager to ensure staff suitability.

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What the setting needs to do to improve further

To meet the requirements of the Early Years Foundation Stage the provider must:

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Due Date

 improve the quality of ongoing assessments and ensure these are sharply focused and monitored regularly, including for different groups of children, to help them make good progress. 25/04/2016

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Due Date

To further improve the quality of the early years provision the provider should:

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Due Date

 strengthen partnership with parents and promote children's prompt and regular attendance  develop teaching strategies that help children extend their speech, language, and independence skills consistently  extend opportunities for children to engage with technological toys and learn how things work.

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Inspection activities

 The inspector observed the quality of teaching during activities indoors and outdoors, and assessed the impact this has on children's learning.  The inspector carried out joint observations with the manager and discussed this.  The inspector spoke with some parents and took account of their views.  The inspector looked at children's records and a range of other documentation, including policies, action plans and evidence of suitability.  The inspector held a meeting with the manager.

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Effectiveness of the leadership and management requires improvement

Assessment of children's progress is not precisely focused or monitored regularly to ensure educational gaps are narrowing quickly. The manager does not yet monitor the progress of different groups of children, such as children with speech and language needs, to ensure they make good progress. Staff share information with parents about children's daily activities. However, partnerships do not promote children's prompt and regular attendance to ensure they benefit from continuity of learning. Safeguarding is effective. The manager checks staff's understanding about child protection issues and they know the procedures they must follow if they are concerned about a child's welfare. The manager has recently started to implement strategies to monitor the quality of teaching, one of the ways she is doing this is through observations. Staff have some useful training opportunities, for example, they have attended training on messy mark making and

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Effectiveness of the leadership and management requires improvement

managing behaviour. Self-evaluation is ongoing and identifies strengths and areas for improvement.

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Quality of teaching, learning and assessment requires improvement

Children are given opportunities to make choices in their play, staff also organise activities. Children enjoy creative activities, for example, exploring sand and play dough. Children have opportunities to increase their coordination skills. One of the ways they do this is using large tweezers to fill containers with foam pieces. Children learn basic counting skills, for example, as staff count the pieces of foam, children fill their bottles. Children enjoy pretending to bake cakes in the role-play area. Children like mark-making activities and discuss basic shapes with staff, such as circles and triangles. Older children practise writing their name using chalks. Children play and explore in the mud kitchen. However, opportunities are not fully extended for children who show a keen interest in technology.

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Personal development, behaviour and welfare require improvement

The environment is clean, safe and secure. Children are not always successfully encouraged to make as much progress as they can. For example, some children are not as effectively supported to develop their independent self-care skills. However, staff praise children's efforts and this increases their self-esteem. Staff sit with children at snack and mealtimes and healthy and nutritious packed lunches are promoted. Staff encourage children's physical movement and they enjoy playing out actions to favourite songs. Children experiment with making sounds in the outdoor area and they practise throwing and catching balls.

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Outcomes for children require improvement

Children, including those in receipt of funding, gain some basic skills needed to support their developmental next steps. However, not all children, including disabled children and those with special educational needs and children with English as an additional language, make consistently good, or better progress, to ensure they are fully prepared for the next stages in their learning. Staff are friendly and interact well with children as they discuss with them what they are doing. On some occasions, teaching does not always promote ways for children to use their language and developing independence skills effectively.

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Setting details

Unique reference number EY483171 Local authority Salford Inspection number 1010415 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 46 Number of children on roll 63 Name of provider Susan Hankin Date of previous inspection 20 March 2015 Telephone number 07547395530

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Setting details

Mice To Meet You Playgroup was registered in 2014 and operates in the Little Hulton area of Manchester. The playgroup employs eight members of childcare staff. Of these, four hold early years qualifications at level 3 or 4. The playgroup opens from Monday to Friday, from 8.30am to 2.45pm, during term times. Sessions are from 8.30am to 11.30am, from 11.45am to 2.45pm or from 8.30am to 2.30pm. The playgroup offers funded places for two-, three- and four-year-old children. The playgroup supports children with special educational needs and children with English as an additional language.

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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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