Jumping Beans, Garratt Park Playgroup

Jumping Beans, Garratt Park Playgroup Garratt Park One O'Clock Centre, Siward Road, London, SW17 0LA

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Inspection date

Previous inspection date 8 June 2016 2 July 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 new manager has made good progress to meet the actions set at the last inspection. She has provided support for staff to help improve their skills and plans for children's development effectively. All children, including those who speak English as an additional language, make good progress from their starting points.  The manager and staff work closely with parents. For example, staff invite parents to be involved in their children's learning by helping with activities at the playgroup.  Children are fully motivated and engage in a wide range of activities. They are happy and settled. Staff are positive role models and teach children to respect each other. Children learn to share and behave well.  Staff encourage children's understanding of healthy lifestyles through everyday practice. For example, they take children to buy fruit at the local shops and make smoothies to help teach children about healthy eating.

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It is not yet outstanding because:

 The manager does not check the progress made by different groups of children to help ensure that children who may require additional support catch up with their peers as fast as possible.  The manager does not reflect fully on the improvements made to help focus and guide teaching practice to raise outcomes for children.

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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

 enhance the use of information from assessments to check the progress made by different groups of children, to identify any delay and help them achieve faster progress in their learning  use evaluation even more effectively to clearly review the impact of changes and focus future teaching practice even more precisely.

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Inspection activities

 The inspector observed teaching and the impact this had on children's learning indoors and outdoors.  The inspector took account of the views of parents spoken on the day of the inspection.  The inspector spoke to 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 looked at children's records and a range of other documentation, including policies and procedures.

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Effectiveness of the leadership and management is good

The manager has developed strong partnerships with other professionals, such as local authority advisors and members of the committee. They have contributed their ideas to help the manager make continuous improvements that benefit children. The manager arranged training for staff to help them model language in different ways. Teaching has improved and children are becoming confident communicators. Safeguarding is effective. The manager ensures that staff understand their role and responsibility and have a good understanding of the signs that may alert them to a concern for a child's welfare. The manager and staff give children's safety high priority. For example, they assess the environment and minimise hazards effectively.

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Quality of teaching, learning and assessment is good

Staff have improved the daily routines to help children focus and engage in their learning. They engage with children in meaningful conversations and extend their language. For example, they encourage children to search for minibeasts in the garden and ask skilful questions that help them to think about where the insects live. Staff help children to explore and investigate and to use resources such as magnifying glasses to make the objects larger. Staff encourage children to count. For example, when they find snails and crabs in the water tray, they count them as they lift them out.

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Personal development, behaviour and welfare are good

Staff work well as a team and communicate each child's needs. Key persons implement the flexible settling-in procedures to help their key children quickly feel emotionally secure within the playgroup. Staff support children's understanding about people in the local community and the wider world well. For instance, they invite fire and police officers to the playgroup, as well as taking children to buy fruits and vegetables at the local shops. Staff enable children to learn and develop physical skills. They provide opportunities for children to climb on apparatus in the garden, and encourage them to move to songs as they sing. Staff teach children to manage hygiene routines independently and encourage them to help with simple duties during snack.

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Outcomes for children are good

Children explore the learning environment indoors and outdoors with confidence. They learn to recognise initials in their name and confidently use pencils and chalks to make marks or write letters. Children learn to use technology for different purposes. For instance, they use the telephone in the role play area to call their friends and pretend to be working in the office as they type on the keyboard. They learn about capacity as they fill and empty pots and jugs during water play. Children learn a range of skills that prepare them for their next steps in education.

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Setting details

Unique reference number EY284330 Local authority Wandsworth Inspection number 1021500 Type of provision Sessional provision Day care type Childcare - Non-Domestic Registers Early Years Register Age range of children 2 - 3 Total number of places 20 Number of children on roll 18 Name of registered person Jumping Beans Garratt Park Playgroup

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Date of previous inspection 2 July 2015 Telephone number 0208 9477 318 or 07503994183

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Jumping Beans Garratt Park Playgroup registered in 2008. It is run by a management committee. It is located in Garratt Park in Tooting, in the London Borough of Wandsworth. The setting employs three members of staff, all of whom hold an early years qualification at level 3. The playgroup is open during term time from 9.15am to 12.15pm, Monday to Friday. The playgroup receives funding to provide free early education for children aged two and three 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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