Little People Kindergarten

Little People Kindergarten United Reform Church Hall, Higher Blandford Road, Broadstone, Dorset, BH18 9AB

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Inspection date

Previous inspection date 12 May 2016 21 March 2011

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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

 Children make good progress in relation to their starting points. Staff use accurate assessments to monitor children's development and to help them achieve well.  Staff maintain safe and secure play areas for children. They provide valuable practical activities and guidance to help children learn how to keep themselves safe.  Staff help children to develop positive attitudes and good behaviour. Children use good manners and play kindly together. Older children gently guide and help younger ones to complete tasks.  The manager, staff and parents all contribute to the evaluation of the setting to identify and make ongoing improvements. For example, following reflection, staff now use props to involve children more in storytelling, and they inform parents more effectively about children's activities each day.

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It is not yet outstanding because:

 Staff miss some opportunities to help older children to learn to manage their personal needs and hygiene independently. For example, not all children understand how to wipe their own noses.  Staff have not developed effective partnerships with all other settings which children attend. They do not obtain information about children's development to promote their learning further, although they provide other settings with information about children's progress in the kindergarten.

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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

 extend opportunities for children to learn more about independently managing their own personal needs and hygiene  develop the partnerships with other early years settings which children attend, to promote their learning further.

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Inspection activities

 The inspector observed activities and the quality of teaching in the play rooms and outdoor play area.  The inspector sampled children's assessment records and planning documentation.  The inspector checked records of staff suitability checks and discussed management's knowledge and understanding of the early years foundation stage.  The inspector took account of the views of parents.  The inspector conducted a joint observation with the manager.

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Effectiveness of the leadership and management is good

Safeguarding is effective. The manager and staff have a good understanding of the requirements of the early years foundation stage and their role and responsibility to promote children's welfare. All staff attend training to ensure that they are consistently well informed about up-to-date child protection guidance and know how to respond in the event of a concern about a child. The manager monitors staff's ongoing suitability and skills successfully to ensure the quality of teaching is consistently high. She tracks children's development accurately to ensure that staff plan activities to help every child make good progress.

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Quality of teaching, learning and assessment is good

Staff work closely with parents to monitor and promote children's learning successfully. They use their good teaching skills and observations to engage and challenge children well in their chosen activities. Staff promote children's mathematical development very well. For example, they provide children with many games, songs and practical activities to help them learn to count and identify numerals. They challenge older children much further with enjoyable activities which encourage them to calculate and estimate quantities. Staff adapt activities well to meet children's needs. For example, they reorganise group times to ensure all children have the opportunity to talk and share their news and views.

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Personal development, behaviour and welfare are good

Children are happy, settled and show a strong attachment to the setting. For example, they are keen to show visitors around, to explain the rules and to show off their work and contributions with pride. Children are keen to take on responsible tasks. For example, they take turns to complete risk assessments of the play areas, and they confidently explain what safety equipment is used for. Staff provide close support and reassurance to the youngest children to help them feel secure. Children benefit from lots of play time in the large garden in which they run freely and use many activities to promote their physical development. They also develop a good understanding of the world when they play outdoors. For example, staff provide magnifying glasses and books for children to investigate the many creatures that they find under logs, and to discuss them with staff.

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Outcomes for children are good

Children are developing good self-confidence and independence. They enjoy challenges and solving problems, and manage some aspects of their self-care efficiently. Children develop the skills required for their future learning and moving on to school. For example, they learn to listen well, communicate confidently, and to recognise and write their name.

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Setting details

Unique reference number 511383 Local authority Poole Inspection number 836958 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 32 Number of children on roll 48 Name of provider Linda Jean Greenslade Date of previous inspection 21 March 2011 Telephone number 07890 472528 (during opening hours)

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Setting details

Little People Kindergarten registered in 1992. It is located in Broadstone, near Poole, Dorset. The kindergarten is open during term time only from 8.15am to 1pm on Wednesdays and Thursdays and from 8.15am to 4pm on Mondays and Fridays. The kindergarten receives funding for the provision of free early years education for children aged two, three and four years. It employs seven members of staff, of whom six hold early years qualifications at levels 2 to 3.

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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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