Frenchay Pre-School

Frenchay Pre-School Frenchay Village Hall, Beckspool Road, Bristol, BS16 1NU

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Inspection date

Previous inspection date 12 April 2016 Not applicable

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This inspection: Good 2

Effectiveness of the leadership and management Good 2

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This inspection: Good 2

Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good 2

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This inspection: Good 2

Personal development, behaviour and welfare Good 2

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This provision is good

 The management team uses effective systems to evaluate practice and make changes that benefit the children. This has led to new 'all about me' forms for parents to complete about their children, helping staff to learn more about the children when they first start.  The management team monitors individual and groups of children's progress effectively. This helps staff to provide activities that promote children's good progress.  Strong partnerships with parents and external agencies ensure they work together to achieve the best outcomes for all children. Regular review meetings with parents keep them up to date about their children's learning needs and progress. Staff know the children and their families well.  Staff support children well to be independent and do things for themselves. Children are confident and engaged, and their behaviour is good. All children develop key skills to support them with their future learning.

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It is not yet outstanding because:

 Staff do not always fully support all children well in their chosen activities, to explore and engage more in conversation.  Staff do not always make the most of opportunities to consistently challenge and engage older children, to build on what they already know.

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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

 support the quieter, less confident children more during their chosen activities, to explore and engage more in conversation  make the most of opportunities to consistently challenge and engage older children.

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Inspection activities

 The inspector observed children and staff inside and outside.  The inspector completed a joint observation with the manager.  The inspector looked through a sample of documentation, including staff records, policies and the pre-school's self-evaluation document.  The inspector spoke to a number of parents and staff.  The inspector held a management meeting.

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Effectiveness of the leadership and management is good

The management team has high expectations. Its effective self-evaluation systems, which include the voices of the parents and staff, help to support good outcomes for all children. The management team supports staff well to develop their skills through regular meetings that encourage them to share new ideas and learning opportunities. This helps them to identify training needs, such as supporting children who are learning English as an additional language, and to introduce new activities with the children to learn about nature and growing plants. Safeguarding is effective. The management team and all staff are clear about how to protect children from harm, and know the procedures to follow should they have a concern. They all have attended safeguarding training.

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Quality of teaching, learning and assessment is good

Staff set the playroom up well with resources and activities that encourage children to engage in activities of their choice. Overall, staff support children well in their activities, which follow children's interests and learning needs. Staff support children's early mathematic skills well, especially during snack time. They effectively ask children to count when cutting fruit, and use questions to develop children's early calculation skills, for example, by getting children to identify one more. Staff use the information they gather from parents well to support their own observations and plan activities that promote children's learning needs. For example, they support children well to practise their early writing skills as they make marks in a tray of rice and lentils.

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Personal development, behaviour and welfare are good

Staff support children well and help them become confident and behave well. They give good encouragement to children to learn new skills, such as using tools safely, including knives and scissors. Staff work with parents well to help children to be healthy. For example, they send leaflets home about healthy lunchbox contents, talk to the children about healthy foods and provide activities for them to grow vegetables. This has resulted in healthier lunchboxes and children's increased understanding of healthy food. Children enjoy plenty of outdoor play, which helps to promote their physical development.

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Setting details

Unique reference number EY482820 Local authority South Gloucestershire Inspection number 995367 Type of provision Out of school 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 32 Number of children on roll 53 Name of provider Little Heroes Day Nursery Ltd Date of previous inspection Not applicable Telephone number 07920 885185

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Setting details

Frenchay Pre-School first opened in 1970 and re-registered in 2014 as a limited company. It operates from the village hall, close to Frenchay Common in South Gloucestershire. The pre-school opens each weekday during term time from 9am to 3pm. A holiday club operates in the school holidays. The pre-school cares for children with special educational needs and disabilities and children who are learning English as an additional language. They receive funding for the provision of free early education for children aged two, three and four years. There are nine members of staff, including the owner who holds an early years qualification at level 6. The manager has a level 4 qualification, four staff have level 3 qualifications, one has a level 2 qualification, and there are two members of staff who are unqualified.

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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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