Christ Church Cockfosters Preschool

Christ Church Cockfosters Preschool Christ Church House, Church Lane, Cockfosters, Hertfordshire, EN4 9JQ

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Inspection date

Previous inspection date 26 April 2016 4 June 2015

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This inspection: Good 2

Previous inspection: Requires Improvement

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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

 The manager and staff have worked very hard to address the previous actions and recommendations. Parents now are fully involved in their children's education. They contribute to identifying their children's next steps and receive updates about their progress.  The children are welcomed, relaxed and enjoy playing with a rich range of good quality toys and resources. The activities are based on their interests, which helps to keep children motivated and eager to learn. The children make good progress.  The children have excellent relationships with the staff and with their peers. The staff constantly praise the children to boost their confidence and self-esteem. The children respect each other, are exceptionally pleasant to others, and happily share resources.  Additional funding is used effectively to ensure that the children receive extra support.  The staff ensure that the children follow excellent hygiene routines, eat healthy food

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This provision is good

and go outside daily, as part of understanding healthy lifestyles.

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It is not yet outstanding because:

 Occasionally, staff provide answers too quickly to the questions that they ask the children, so the children do not have enough time to think for themselves.  The manager has only started looking at the progress made by some groups of children. This means that she cannot be sure that all possible gaps in the learning provided are identified and addressed as quickly as possible.

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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

 ensure children have enough time to think for themselves before giving them the answers to the questions asked  extend ways of monitoring the progress made by different groups of children, such as by gathering and analysing accurate data, to hasten their progress.

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Inspection activities

 The inspector observed activities indoors and in the garden.  The inspector sampled observations, planning, assessments and registration records.  The inspector held conversations with the manager, the staff, some parents, and the children during the inspection.  The inspector checked evidence of staff suitability to work with children that included their qualification certificates, and the provider's policies and procedures.  The inspector completed a joint observation with the manager.

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Effectiveness of the leadership and management is good

The manager is ambitious and achieves high standards in care and education. She continuously evaluates and improves the provision, and takes account of the views of her staff, the children and their parents. Staff ensure that the environment is safe and stimulating for all the children. The manager accurately monitors the quality of the learning provided to check that it is good. She provides staff with good quality professional development to improve their teaching practice and to keep them up to date with any new legislation. Safeguarding is effective. The manager and staff have excellent knowledge and understanding of the pre-school's policies and procedures. They know exactly how to keep the children safe and prioritise their well-being.

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Quality of teaching, learning and assessment is good

The staff have a good understanding of how to effectively promote the children's learning. They make useful observations and assessments of it. All the children, including those who are learning English as an additional language, develop good communication and language skills. For example, the staff read books with the children and give them books to take home, so they can read with their parents. Activities stretch the children's interests and help to consolidate their existing knowledge about the world around them. For example, they enjoy planting different things every season and they learn that plants can grow from bulbs and seeds, and need water and sunshine to grow. The children gain an understanding of where their food comes from.

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Personal development, behaviour and welfare are outstanding

All children are settled extremely well. The staff have a calm, respectful and nurturing approach and recognise the uniqueness of each child. They are highly skilled and sensitive in helping all children to form secure attachments. They are excellent role models. The children behave extremely well according to their ages and are increasingly aware of the needs and feelings of others. For example, they happily share and wait for the next turn to ride cars in the garden. The staff give the children a wide range of experiences that promote their understanding of others who are different from themselves, and of a wider world.

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Outcomes for children are good

All children, including those for whom additional funding is provided, make good progress. They gain a range of key skills to prepare them for their future education at school. The children learn to be independent and they build positive attitudes to learning. They learn to concentrate, to listen, and they confidently answer questions and engage in conversations. Older children are able to recognise and form letters and they use mathematical language in their play, such as 'long' and 'short', 'fast' and 'slow'.

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Setting details

Unique reference number 135271 Local authority Enfield Inspection number 1017470 Type of provision Sessional provision Day care type Childcare - Non-Domestic Registers Early Years Register, Compulsory Childcare Register Age range of children 2 - 4 Total number of places 24 Number of children on roll 34 Name of provider Richard James Date of previous inspection 4 June 2015 Telephone number 020 8449 3913

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Setting details

Christ Church Cockfosters Preschool registered in 1992. It is situated in Cockfosters, in the London Borough of Enfield. The pre-school is open on Mondays from 9.30am to 12.30pm, on Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays from 9.15am to 3.30pm, and on Fridays from 9.15am to 12.15pm, during school terms. The provider employs eight members of staff, six of whom hold relevant childcare qualifications at level 3, and two hold Qualified Teacher Status. The pre-school receives funding to provide free early education for children aged 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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