Play Zone Preschool

Play Zone Preschool Overend Methodist Chapel, Banners Street, HALESOWEN, West Midlands, B63 2SL

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Inspection date

Previous inspection date 7 June 2016 21 September 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 Good 2

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This provision is good

 The leadership and management of the pre-school are strong. Decisive action has been taken since the last inspection to bring about improvements to provision. A robust system of self-evaluation is in place to secure continued and effective improvement.  The quality of teaching is good. The manager and staff closely observe children's learning and regularly assess and monitor their progress. They identify any gaps in children's learning and address these through carefully planned activities and support. All children make good progress from their starting points.  Children build secure emotional attachments with staff. They interact with staff who ask them questions and engage in meaningful conversations, such as about their home life and recent experiences.  Children develop good communication and language skills. Staff talk to the children during their play and successfully encourage them to express themselves.

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This provision is good

 Staff are a good role model for children. They support children to participate in activities that help them work together. Children are polite, behave well and happily share toys and resources.

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It is not yet outstanding because:

 Arrangements for sharing information with other early years settings are not in place to ensure continuity and consistency in children's care and learning.  Staff do not give parents enough opportunities to share information about what children are learning at home, in order to more accurately inform the assessments of children's progress.

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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

 strengthen arrangements for sharing information and working in partnership with other early years settings that children also attend  enhance opportunities for parents to routinely share their observations of children's developmental achievements, and identify more opportunities for parents to share specific events or activities with their child at the pre-school.

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Inspection activities

 The inspector observed the quality of teaching during activities indoors and outdoors and assessed the impact this has on children's learning.  The inspector completed a joint observation with the pre-school manager.  The inspector held a meeting with the pre-school manager. She looked at relevant documentation, such as the pre-school's self-evaluation form and evidence of the suitability of the staff working in the pre-school.  The inspector spoke to a small selection of parents during the inspection and took account of their views.

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Effectiveness of the leadership and management is good

The arrangements for safeguarding are effective. The manager and staff know their roles and responsibilities and how to protect and safeguard children. Effective recruitment and selection processes help ensure that staff are suitable to work with children. The manager supports the staff well through appraisals, supervisions, focused observations and daily interactions. The experienced and knowledgeable staff team demonstrates a passion to continue their professional development and provides high-quality care for children. They use their skills to deliver a wide variety of opportunities that promotes children's continual progress well in all areas of their development.

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Quality of teaching, learning and assessment is good

Staff have a thorough understanding of how children learn. Children use their imagination well as they play in the highly inspiring role play areas. They use a wide range of natural materials and excitingly talk about the ingredients they are using to make their pretend pizzas in their mud kitchen. Staff make good use of observations and assessments of children's achievements to plan for the next steps in their learning. The manager monitors assessments and tracks children's progress on a regular basis. This ensures that any support individual children, or groups of children, may require is secured quickly. Staff ensure that parents are kept well informed about their children's learning and development. Parents receive verbal feedback and attend regular meetings with their child's key person, to discuss their child's achievements.

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Personal development, behaviour and welfare are good

Children are provided with a welcoming, warm and stimulating learning environment in which they are motivated to learn and are happy. Staff are good role models who support children's emotional well-being very well. Children's behaviour is good. They are learning to be kind and considerate, responding to the emotions of others. Staff help children to learn how to take turns, share and be kind to each other. They encourage children to learn how to stay safe and to adopt a healthy lifestyle. For example, children learn how to manage potential risks, have daily opportunities for fresh air and benefit from eating the range of healthy options at snack time.

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Outcomes for children are good

All children, including those who receive funded early education, are motivated to learn and make good progress in their development. They initiate their own play as they select their own resources, both indoors and outside. Children develop their writing skills as they have many opportunities to practise these using a range of writing tools. Children develop the key skills needed to be ready for the next stage in their learning, such as moving on to school.

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Setting details

Unique reference number 253926 Local authority Dudley Inspection number 1029182 Type of provision Sessional 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 26 Number of children on roll 23 Name of registered person Playzone Preschool Committee

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reference number

Date of previous inspection 21 September 2015 Telephone number 07910637995

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Play Zone Preschool was registered in 1996. The pre-school employs six members of childcare staff. Of these, five hold appropriate early years qualifications at level 2 or above. The pre-school opens from 9am until 12.45pm, Monday to Friday during term time. The pre-school offers funded early education for two-, three- and four-year-old children.

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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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