Little Trees Pre-School

Little Trees Pre-School Ashley County Infant School, Lower Ashley Road, New Milton, Hampshire, BH25 5AA

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Inspection date

Previous inspection date 14 April 2016 24 May 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 are very happy at pre-school. They behave especially well and are kind and respectful to each other. Staff consistently praise and reward children for their efforts, and children beam with pride as they succeed at activities. This develops their confidence and self-esteem.  Staff have great confidence in the manager, who meticulously monitors their practice to maintain excellent teaching standards. They work highly effectively as a team to provide excellent activities and care practices to help children fulfil their potential.  Children are involved in planning activities that interest them. This helps to motivate them to take part and thoroughly enjoy their learning. Children make rapid progress.  Partnerships with parents are extremely strong. Staff work exceptionally well with parents to include them in their children's learning. Parents are extremely happy with the care that their children receive.

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This provision is outstanding

 The quality of teaching is outstanding. Staff promote children's language development exceedingly well, for example, they extend children's vocabulary at every opportunity. Staff monitor children's development closely, and those children with speech and language difficulties make excellent progress.  Children have excellent opportunities to learn about the world around them. For example, they observe minibeasts, investigate magnets and plant seeds.

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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

 build on the already excellent opportunities for children to enjoy books and stories even more.

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Inspection activities

 The inspector carried out a joint observation with the manager.  The inspector took into account the views of parents spoken to during the inspection.  The inspector held a meeting with the manager and scrutinised a range of documents, including children's records, policies and recruitment records.  The inspector spoke to staff and children at appropriate times throughout the inspection.  The inspector observed the quality of teaching indoors and outdoors.

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Effectiveness of the leadership and management is outstanding

Safeguarding is effective. Robust systems are in place to ensure children are kept safe from harm. For example, safeguarding is discussed at staff meetings, staff regularly update their training, and there are robust vetting and induction procedures in place. The manager actively seeks and reflects on the views of children, parents and staff. She uses this information to continually implement highly beneficial changes to give children the best start to their education. The manager monitors children's progress very closely to identify and tackle gaps in their learning. Exemplary partnership working and sharing of information about children's learning with other professionals help all children to make excellent progress. The manager works closely in partnership with the Reception Year teacher to prepare children exceptionally well for their move to school.

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Quality of teaching, learning and assessment is outstanding

The pre-school is very well equipped with an extensive range of high-quality resources which children relish choosing from independently. Staff are highly skilful at extending activities to meet individual children's needs and interests. For example, they helped children to set up an impromptu theatre when they wanted to sing to an audience. Staff use their expertise to support children's language development. For example, they teach children sign language which helps them to communicate in alternative ways. Staff provide children with excellent opportunities to use their imaginations, such as planning storytelling activities using props, including puppets and soft toys. However, the book area is not as inviting as other areas of the pre-school, and children do not always make good use of it to further enhance their early reading skills.

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Personal development, behaviour and welfare are outstanding

Staff build excellent relationships with children and their families. For example, they carry out home visits so that children become familiar with staff before they start attending. Children develop a strong sense of belonging. They can choose to serve on the children's committee where they are encouraged to take notes of the ideas discussed. Children's health is very well promoted. For example, they learnt about keeping their teeth healthy when the local dentist visited. Children have an excellent understanding of routines; they explained that when staff play music it is time to tidy up.

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Outcomes for children are outstanding

Children are exceptionally well prepared for school. They are emotionally secure and have very high levels of confidence and independence. Children have excellent opportunities to understand the meaning and use of number in everyday life. For example, they talked about halves and quarters as they used pizza cutters to cut up the pretend pizzas they made out of playdough.

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Setting details

Unique reference number EY422378 Local authority Hampshire Inspection number 822705 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 40 Number of children on roll 71 Name of provider Vicky Marie Oliver Date of previous inspection 24 May 2011 Telephone number 07904 090771

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Setting details

Little Trees Pre-School registered in 2010. The pre-school operates from a modular building adjacent to Ashley Infants School in the village of Ashley, near New Milton, Hampshire. The pre-school provides free early years education for children aged two, three and four years. The pre-school is open each weekday from 9am to 3pm. A total of 10 staff, including the manager, work directly with the children. One staff member holds an early years qualification at level 5, one holds a qualification at level 4, six hold qualifications at level 3, and one holds a qualification at level 2.

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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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