Towntree Pre-school Ltd

Towntree Pre-school Ltd Grounds of Echelford School, Park Road, Ashford, Middlesex, TW15 1EX

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Inspection date

Previous inspection date 22 April 2016 5 February 2010

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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 Outstanding 1

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This provision is good

 Staff use their observations and assessments to monitor children's development. They identify when children may need extra help and support. They plan activities to support children well. Overall, children make good progress in their learning.  Management and staff have made positive improvements to outdoor play, to better support children to extend their skills and learning. Staff provide a good variety of resources, activities and experiences to meet children's interests and needs. Children are keen to explore and join in with different activities.  Staff form extremely strong attachments with the children and are very good role models for them. They remind children to take turns, share resources and care for each other. Children's behaviour is superb.  Children can choose what they want to play with and have good control over their own learning. They gain confidence and high levels of self-esteem, and are happy to

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It is not yet outstanding because:

 The owners and manager do not always plan staff professional development precisely enough, to help all children make rapid progress from their starting points.  The owners and manager do not always target areas for improvement as well as possible to maintain the quality of the provision. They miss opportunities to engage all parents highly successfully in the evaluation process.

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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

 plan a more defined programme of staff professional development and match staff training more closely to children's needs, to help improve outcomes for all children  develop the evaluation process to bring together the ideas for improvements to the setting and engage all parents highly successfully.

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Inspection activities

 The inspector observed the quality of teaching indoors and outdoors.  The inspector took into account the views of parents spoken to during the inspection.  The inspector carried out a joint observation with the manager.  The inspector spoke to staff, children and parents, and held a management meeting with the owners and the manager.  The inspector sampled paperwork, including policies and procedures, safeguarding information and children's records.

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Effectiveness of the leadership and management is good

Safeguarding is effective. All staff know what to do in the event of concerns about a child. The owners and manager place a strong emphasis on keeping children safe. For example, they reflect on, and update, policies and procedures regularly, ensuring staff implement them. Staff communicate well with parents and have made changes to keep parents better informed about their children. For example, staff have put a noticeboard in the playground to let parents know what their children have been doing that session. They speak with the parents daily, exchange information and share children's development targets.

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Quality of teaching, learning and assessment is good

Children have access to many different activities. Staff watch the children and then follow children's interests and needs to involve them in learning. For example, when children pretended to go to the shops on their scooters, staff helped them to draw a chalk town with traffic lights and shops. Staff teach children about words and writing, such as when they added the names of the buildings to the chalk map. Children learn how to operate the computer, such as when they loaded a racing car game and used the keyboard to control the way that the cars moved round the screen. Staff help children to develop mathematical skills as they play. For example, younger children counted the petals on a flower, and older children discovered that square and rectangle foam shapes were better than triangle ones for balancing on.

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Personal development, behaviour and welfare are outstanding

Children are very independent and have enormous control over their play and learning. For example, they choose what toys and activities they want to play with, and even the younger children put on their own coats when they go out to play. Staff use planned activities to teach children about healthy practices. For example, when children were icing cakes, staff talked with them about making good food choices. Staff are always on hand to talk with children, share their experiences, and help them understand what they can do. For example, when children tried to climb on equipment that was not safe for them to do so, staff showed them the climbing frame. Staff support children to respect each other exceptionally well. Staff prepare children well for school. For example, they take them to visit the school and share playtimes with the children in Reception Class.

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Outcomes for children are good

Children are learning and developing well. They show confidence in speaking with others and are able to tell adults what they need. Children develop good physical skills. For example, they ride scooters safely, making sure that they do not bump into others, and draw with chalks on the ground, recognising some familiar letters.

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Setting details

Unique reference number EY274180 Local authority Surrey Inspection number 826732 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 - 5 Total number of places 28 Number of children on roll 64 Name of provider Towntree Pre School Ltd Date of previous inspection 5 February 2010 Telephone number 01784229700

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Setting details

Towntree Pre-school and after school club registered in 2004, and is one of two settings under the same ownership. The pre-school opens five days a week during school term times, from 8.30am to 11.30am and from midday to 3pm, with the option to stay for lunch or for both sessions. The after school club operates from two locations on the school site from 3.15pm to 6pm. On Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday, younger children use a classroom in the school and the older children use the pre-school building. Monday and Friday sessions of the after school club operate from the pre-school building only. There are eight members of staff who work directly with the children in the pre-school, and 10 in the after school club. Six members of staff hold relevant qualifications at level 6. The pre- school receives funding for free early education for children aged two, three and four years.

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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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