Kirkley Pre-School

Kirkley Pre-School St. Peter and St. John's Church Hall, St. Peters Road, LOWESTOFT, Suffolk, NR33 0LJ

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Inspection date

Previous inspection date 14 March 2016 16 March 2015

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This inspection: Inadequate 4

Previous inspection: Requires Improvement

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This inspection: Inadequate 4

Effectiveness of the leadership and management Inadequate 4

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This inspection: Inadequate 4

Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good 2

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This inspection: Inadequate 4

Personal development, behaviour and welfare Inadequate 4

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This provision is inadequate

 This pre-school is operating without a management committee. This means that no one is accountable for meeting the requirements of the Statutory framework for the Early Years Foundation Stage or monitoring the operation of the pre-school. This situation has impacted on the overall pre-school's inspection judgement.  Staff have not fully engaged parents in understanding the benefits of healthy eating, specifically when the pre-school has made positive changes to the mealtime routines.  Children are not provided with enough opportunities to explore and experiment with a range of technology and acquire the skills needed to complete a simple program on a computer or interact with age-appropriate computer software.

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It has the following strengths

 There is a strong team ethos among the staff and they work closely together to deliver a well-planned and interesting curriculum, which means that children are eager and ready to learn.  Since the last inspection, the pre-school supervisor and staff have made significant improvements to the way that children are taught.  Children's individual learning needs are well met. An effective key-person system is in place, which helps children to settle quickly.

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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

 engage parents further in the benefits of healthy eating so that children have consistent opportunities to learn healthy habits when eating their lunch and when accessing their drinks.  provide children with more opportunities to explore and experiment with a range of technology so that they develop the skills needed to interact with age-appropriate computer software.

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Inspection activities

 The inspectors observed the quality of teaching, during indoor and outdoor activities, and assessed the impact this has on children's learning.  One inspector completed a joint observation with the pre-school supervisor.  The inspectors held discussions with the pre-school supervisor, staff and children.  The inspectors viewed samples of children's development records.  The inspectors reviewed evidence of suitability and qualifications of staff, self evaluation, risk assessments and policies and procedures.  The inspectors took account of the views of parents spoken to on the day of the inspection.

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Effectiveness of the leadership and management is inadequate

Arrangements for safeguarding are not effective. There is no nominated individual, acting on behalf of the committee, to ensure that the management and operation of the pre- school is meeting the requirements of the Statutory framework for the Early Years Foundation Stage. As a result, leadership and management is inadequate. Despite this, recruitment and vetting procedures for staff are thorough. Staff are encouraged to attend a wide range of training and are appropriately trained and confident to raise any concerns that they have about children. They demonstrate a sound understanding of safeguarding procedures, which is reflected in the pre-school safeguarding policy. The supervisor carefully oversees the educational programme and staff performance is effectively monitored. The supervisor has effectively introduced staff supervision in the past year. The practice within the pre-school has been effectively evaluated. A number of significant

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Effectiveness of the leadership and management is inadequate

improvements have been made to the layout of activities, routines and the deployment of staff since the previous inspection, in order to support children to make the best possible progress in their learning.

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Quality of teaching, learning and assessment is good

Each child is assigned a key person who knows individual children and their families very well. Staff use information from parents to accurately assess children’s starting points. They carry out regular observations, using these to skilfully plan activities, which interest the children and encourage development in several areas of learning. Staff position themselves at the various activities and engage in lively interactions with the children, asking questions that help children to think and solve problems for themselves. This means children are provided with plenty of challenge, although there are fewer opportunities for children to operate simple technological equipment and use technology for a particular purpose. Parents are kept well informed about how their children are developing and are able to support their children’s learning at home, through using the pre-school’s book loan scheme.

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Personal development, behaviour and welfare are inadequate

Children's safety cannot be assured because there is no pre-school committee in place to oversee the necessary safeguarding practices within the pre-school. As a result, this aspect is inadequate. In spite of this, staff promote children's understanding of safety by supporting them to take safe risks. The pre-school environment is well-organised and stimulating. Children are curious and keen to explore all that is on offer. They play cooperatively together. Staff act as good role models, treating children with kindness and respect. Children behave very well. Staff provide children with a healthy breakfast and snacks, with water and milk to drink. However, this effective routine is not consistent. Packed lunches and drinks, provided by parents, do not always give children the same healthy foods or positive messages around healthy eating. Staff ensure that children benefit from good quality outside play and engage in daily exercise. Children show

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Personal development, behaviour and welfare are inadequate

independence, helping to tidy up when it is time to do so. Overall relationships with parents are strong and parents speak highly of the pre-school.

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Outcomes for children are good

Overall all children make good progress in relation to their starting points. This includes those children with special educational needs. Older children are well prepared for school. They are developing early reading and writing skills as they practise forming letters and writing their own names. Individually and in larger groups, children listen intently to a story and confidently join in with repeated refrains. They carefully follow instructions, squeezing, rolling and patting their individual pieces of dough, during the popular ‘play dough disco’. Staff work closely with other agencies and are particularly skilled in helping children, whose language development is not at a typical level for their age, to improve their communication and language skills so that all children gain the necessary skills and positive attitudes to learning.

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Setting details

Unique reference number 251542 Local authority Suffolk Inspection number 1036449 Type of provision Sessional provision Day care type Childcare - Non-Domestic Registers Early Years Register Age range of children 0 - 5 Total number of places 22 Number of children on roll 29 Name of provider Kirkley Pre-School Committee Date of previous inspection 16 March 2015 Telephone number 07765 198523

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Setting details

Kirkley Pre-School registered in 2001. It operates from St Peter and St John's Church Hall, Kirkley, in Lowestoft. Children have use of two halls within the building and access to an enclosed outside play area. The pre-school is open Monday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday between the hours of 9.15am and 12.15pm. A lunch club for children who are moving up to school operates between 12.15pm and 1.15pm, except on Friday when there is no lunch facility. The pre-school is open during school term-time only. There are currently 29 children on roll, all within the early year age range. The pre-school provides care for a number of children with special educational needs and/or disabilities. Kirkley Pre-school is registered on the Early Years Register. The pre-school employs seven members of staff. Of these, the manager holds a level 6 qualification and Early Years Professional Status and all other staff hold appropriate early years qualification to at least

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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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