Mount Carmel Preschool

Mount Carmel Preschool 45 London Road, Enfield, Middlesex, EN2 6DS

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Inspection date

Previous inspection date 20 May 2016 5 July 2013

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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:

 Systems for identifying where staff need to develop their skills and knowledge are not effective. The manager meets regularly with staff and identifies where they would benefit from specific training but does not take action to provide this. Inconsistencies in the quality of teaching and the management of children's behaviour negatively impact on the children's learning and development.  Staff do not take advantage of opportunities to teach children about the benefits of a healthy diet.  The manager does not evaluate the quality of the provision effectively to set and address clear targets for improvement.

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It has the following strengths

 Staff track children's progress appropriately and work in partnership with parents to agree the next steps in children's learning.  Children enjoy small group activities and staff develop their interest in writing and mathematics well.  Staff arrange equipment well so that children can make choices about what they want to play with.

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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

 improve the arrangements to support the professional development of staff, to continue to raise the quality of teaching to a consistently high level 01/07/2016

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 support all staff to manage behaviour in a consistent way that enables children to learn what is expected of them. 01/07/2016

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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

 provide more opportunities to develop children's awareness and understanding of the benefits of a healthy diet  use self-evaluation more effectively to identify and address areas for improvement.

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Inspection activities

 The inspector carried out a joint observation of an activity with the manager.  The inspector spoke with children, parents, staff and the manager at appropriate times during the inspection.  The inspector sampled documentation, including staff records and children's development folders.  The inspector observed activities in all areas of the setting to assess the quality of teaching.

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Effectiveness of the leadership and management requires improvement

Since the last inspection, the manager has made some improvements to practice. For example, she has successfully introduced activities that challenge older children. However, although she has introduced a system of supervision meetings for staff, these do not focus precisely enough on how to consistently raise the quality of teaching. Safeguarding is effective. Staff have a secure understanding of their role in safeguarding children. For example, the know how to identify the signs and symptoms that may indicate concerns about a child's welfare.

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Quality of teaching, learning and assessment requires improvement

Children enjoy their time at the setting but do not all engage as well as possible in activities. Children's learning is sometimes interrupted by unwanted behaviour, and some staff are more skilled than others at extending children's learning during activities. Staff provide a varied selection of resources for children to choose from. For example, children use role play resources imaginatively as they go on 'shopping trips' with dolls and prams. Overall, staff monitor effectively to ensure that children make steady progress. For example, they gather information from parents about what children enjoy doing at home and use this information, and their own observations, to plan suitable experiences for children. Staff regularly share information about children's progress with parents.

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Personal development, behaviour and welfare require improvement

Staff help children to settle into the pre-school. For example, they gather key words in the home languages of children who speak English as an additional language. Staff take steps to promote children's good health. For example, children regularly play outdoors in the fresh air and staff provide different fruits for them to try. However, staff miss opportunities to develop children's knowledge of the benefits of a healthy diet. Children learn to be independent, such as helping themselves to drinks. During free play, children generally interact cooperatively. However, staff do not consistently support children's good behaviour at all times. For example, some staff do not support children to learn how to solve minor disagreements themselves. Furthermore, staff do not manage children's behaviour appropriately during large group sessions, and some children quickly lose interest in planned activities.

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Outcomes for children require improvement

Children make progress in line with the expected levels for their ages, overall. Older children make some good progress as they take an early interest in literacy and mathematics. For example, they learn to write their names and recognise numbers, and these skills help to prepare them for the move to school. Children make choices and show that they can develop friendships with other children.

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Setting details

Unique reference number 135325 Local authority Enfield Inspection number 1028752 Type of provision Sessional provision Day care type Childcare - Non-Domestic Registers Early Years Register Age range of children 2 - 5 Total number of places 24 Number of children on roll 18 Name of registered person Miriam Fernandez

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Date of previous inspection 5 July 2013 Telephone number 020 8363 1911

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Mount Carmel Pre-School registered in 1989. It is located in Enfield, in the London Borough of Enfield. The pre-school is open on Monday, Tuesday and Friday, term time only. Sessions are from 9am to midday. The pre-school employs four staff; of these, two hold appropriate early years qualifications, one at level 3 and one at level 2. The pre- school receives funding to provide free early education for children aged three and four years.

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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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