Heathfield Preschool

Heathfield Preschool Oxford Road North, Chiswick, London, W4 4DL

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Inspection date

Previous inspection date 29 April 2016 19 April 2012

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Effectiveness of the leadership and management Requires improvement Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Requires improvement Personal development, behaviour and welfare Requires improvement Outcomes for children Requires improvement

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This provision requires improvement. It is not yet good because:

 The owner/manager does not maintain, or make available, all documents required for the safe management of the setting. Training certificates were not available for inspection. Attendance records and information held about children's progress are not accurate.  The manager fails to ensure that staff use assessments effectively to plan for children's further learning. Planning does not take sufficient account of each child's individual learning needs. This affects the progress that children make. Not all children make good progress.  Staff's relationships with parents are not consistently effective. They do not actively encourage parents to share information about their children to promote continuity of care and good support for their learning.  Children do not have many opportunities to learn to use technology.

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It has the following strengths

 Children enjoy coming to the pre-school and gain some useful skills to help prepare them for school.  Staff consistently encourage children to behave well.  The manager has identified weaknesses in the provision and has taken positive action to improve outcomes for children.

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What the setting needs to do to improve further

To meet the requirements of the Early Years Foundation Stage the provider must:

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Due Date

 ensure that all documents required for the safe and efficient management of the setting are completed accurately and made available for inspection 29/04/2016

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Due Date

 make sure that records of children's attendance are accurate 29/04/2016  monitor assessments of children's learning and development effectively, to identify and respond to any gaps in their learning. 10/06/2016

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Due Date

To further improve the quality of the early years provision the provider should:

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Due Date

 develop partnerships with parents to ensure information is shared effectively to provide continuity of care and learning for all children  provide more opportunities for children to learn to use technology.

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Inspection activities

 The inspector spoke to parents to determine their views of the provision.  The inspector toured the areas of the setting that children use.  The inspector spoke to staff and observed their interactions with children.  The inspector carried out a joint observation with the manager.  The inspector looked at relevant documents and spoke to the manager and the staff to check their understanding of the requirements of the Early Years Foundation Stage.

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Effectiveness of the leadership and management requires improvement

Safeguarding is effective. The manager and staff understand their responsibility to safeguard children's welfare. They know the indicators that would raise concerns about a child's well-being and the action to take in the event of a concern. The manager has suitable recruitment procedures but identified that she had not implemented these well in practice. She has taken action to rectify this and ensures that staff whose suitability has not been checked do not have unsupervised access to children. Staff attend training, regular meetings and gain advice from others to improve their practice. However, the manager does not monitor the use of assessment effectively to check that children's abilities and achievements are identified. Some improvements have been made since the last inspection.

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Quality of teaching, learning and assessment requires improvement

The quality and use of assessments of children's progress vary. Staff do not accurately identify where all children are in their learning. Generally, staff plan enjoyable activities, but they do not take sufficient account of children's individual learning needs to ensure that they make good progress. Staff do not successfully encourage all parents to share information about children's learning at home to aid their planning for children's future learning. There is little opportunity for children to develop their interest in technology. Staff enable children to practise their developing language skills and provide good opportunities for children to develop physical skills. Children like playing with skittles and balls, painting, and making marks with wet teabags. Children enjoy learning about diversity within their wider world.

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Personal development, behaviour and welfare require improvement

Children are supported quite well in their personal development, overall. The manager recognises that children who are learning English as an additional language do not receive the best support and this affects how well they settle and achieve. She has sought outside professional advice to help to improve all children's experiences. Staff value the children and their achievements. They talk to children about going to school and help to prepare them at times of change. Children enjoy learning about their bodies and how to promote good health. Staff encourage them to eat and drink healthily. They help younger children to carry out personal care routines, while they encourage older children to become more independent.

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Outcomes for children require improvement

Most children make progress that is typical for their age. They gain some useful skills to prepare them for school. They are becoming increasingly independent. Children develop an awareness of potential dangers, and enjoy learning about people who help us.

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Setting details

Unique reference number EY244216 Local authority Hounslow Inspection number 837158 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 - 4 Total number of places 20 Number of children on roll 23 Name of provider Melissa Amy Meighan Date of previous inspection 19 April 2012 Telephone number 07947 136 086

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Setting details

Heathfield Pre-school registered in 2002. The pre-school operates from a large hall within a scout hut, located in the Chiswick area of the London Borough of Hounslow. It operates from 9.30am to 12.30pm, Monday to Friday, term time only. The pre-school also opens from 1pm to 4pm on Tuesday and Thursday and a lunch club is available on these days. It receives funding to provide free early education for children aged two, three and four years. Six staff members work with the children, four of whom hold relevant childcare qualifications at level 2 or level 3. Another staff member holds Early Years Professional Status and Qualified Teacher Status.

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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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