The Park Playgroup

The Park Playgroup Chaddesden Memorial Hall, Chaddesden Lane, Chaddesden, Derby, Derbyshire, DE21 6LN

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Inspection date

Previous inspection date 11 May 2016 16 November 2015

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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:

 Children's development is not always assessed fully when they start attending the playgroup or at regular intervals afterwards. Staff and managers are not clear and confident that children are making the best possible progress.  The manager does not monitor staff's all-round teaching and their key children's records routinely. Weaknesses in staff practice are not linked closely enough to their one-to-one meetings with the manager or their development plans.  The safeguarding children policy has insufficient detail about the types and possible signs or symptoms of abuse children might suffer.  There is not enough attention to learning when children use the outdoor area. At times, both indoors and outdoors, staff do not provide equipment or opportunities to support children to follow their natural curiosity.

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It has the following strengths

 Children behave well. They are appropriately supported to understand expectations because staff are consistent in how they praise success and kind gestures.  Staff provide a suitable range of activities and experiences for children. Children are independent, interested and choose what they will play with. They persevere with what they are doing until they are satisfied with the outcome.  Staff plans to support children's development lead to children making steady progress.

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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

 make sure that all aspects of staff practice are used in supervision meetings, including observations of teaching and children's development records, so that all elements of their development can be supported 14/10/2016

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 make sure that all children's development is fully assessed when they start attending the setting and that ongoing development records are kept up to date so that a clear picture of children's progress can be established. 08/07/2016

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

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 make better use of the outdoor area to extend and improve learning opportunities for children  provide children with more opportunities to explore and develop their natural curiosity both indoors and outdoors.

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Inspection activities

 The inspector observed activities in the indoor and outdoor areas.  The inspector spoke to members of staff and children at appropriate times during the inspection and held a meeting with the manager.  The inspector carried out a joint observation with the manager.  The inspector took account of the views of parents spoken to on the day of the inspection.  The inspector looked at children's records, evidence of the suitability of staff working in the playgroup, and a range of other documentation, including policies and procedures.

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Effectiveness of the leadership and management requires improvement

Significant changes have been made to the playgroup since the last inspection. The environment has been changed so that older children and babies are cared for in different rooms, offering them a more suitable range experiences to support their development. Staff have attended safeguarding children training and have a sound understanding of the types and possible signs of abuse. The arrangements for safeguarding are effective. Work with the local authority on improving teaching has led to improved behaviour and children now engage with the activities on offer. Children's records show that they make steady, rather than good, progress. However, staff have not all been keeping the electronic learning journey system up to date and the manager has not been monitoring this well enough. Records for some children do not accurately reflect their development and, therefore, their progress. Staff supervision agendas include safeguarding matters, staff

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Effectiveness of the leadership and management requires improvement

development and children's progress. However, the manager does not make use of the information held on the electronic learning journey system to hold staff to account during these meetings.

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Quality of teaching, learning and assessment requires improvement

Staff have a suitable understanding of how children learn. They plan activities that they know will interest the children who attend the sessions and make appropriate connections with the next steps in children's learning. Assessment, when it is done, has improved and is accurate. Children learn about different people, traditions and faiths while they are at the playgroup through an appropriate range of activities and resources. Staff take time to play with children, and introduce words and ideas to support play. In the sand children watched carefully and copied staff as they poured sand into the sand wheel and talked about the wheel spinning round and round.

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Personal development, behaviour and welfare require improvement

Careful attention is given to children's well-being. Parents and staff have detailed discussions about children's health and care needs as they arrive at and are collected from playgroup. Staff discuss children's development with parents, alongside parents receiving information updates from their child's electronic learning journey. Children are developing an understanding of how to share and take turns. Young children play well alongside each other, for example, with dolls and prams, and work out the best way to share the toys they have so that they can both join in their game.

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Outcomes for children require improvement

Children are developing a range of skills and attitudes that will suitably support them in their future education. They spend time at activities such as painting, take care with what they do and engage in lengthy conversations with staff about colours and textures. Some older children are beginning to use their knowledge of counting to make sense of number. They count and explain they have five colours of paint. Babies are developing an interest in picture books. They enjoy the shared experience of looking at the pictures with staff and can handle books and turn pages themselves after seeing staff model how to do it.

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Setting details

Unique reference number 206160 Local authority Derby, City of Inspection number 1037315 Type of provision Sessional provision Day care type Childcare - Non-Domestic Registers Early Years Register Age range of children 0 - 4 Total number of places 30 Number of children on roll 41 Name of provider Theresa Hartwright Date of previous inspection 16 November 2015 Telephone number 01332 675980

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Setting details

The Park Playgroup was registered in 1999. The playgroup employs eight members of childcare staff. Of these, seven hold appropriate early years qualifications. The playgroup opens on Monday, Wednesday and Friday from 9.30am until 2.30pm and on Tuesday and Thursday from 9.30am until 12.30pm.

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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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