Bovey Busy Bees Preschool

Bovey Busy Bees Preschool Methodist Church, Fore Street, Bovey Tracey, Newton Abbot, Devon, TQ13 9AD

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Inspection date

Previous inspection date 4 July 2016 13 November 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 provider monitors and analyses information about children's ongoing progress well. She quickly identifies any patterns in learning and, working closely with the staff team, subsequently makes changes to practice and provision. For example, staff are currently focusing more on activities to promote children's mathematical development.  Staff accurately assess children's achievements, and demonstrate a secure knowledge of their interests and needs. They use this information well to provide challenging activities and resources that help children make good progress in their learning.  Partnerships with parents and other settings are effective. Staff routinely share information about children's development. This means that all key adults involved in children's care and learning can provide continuity in their experiences.  Staff consistently encourage children to take responsibility for their own self-care, to

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This provision is good

develop their independence. For example, children pour themselves drinks when they are thirsty.

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It is not yet outstanding because:

 Staff do not always give children enough time to think about and respond to questions, and to share their own ideas and experiences in detailed discussion.  Staff do not organise changeover times and routine activities, such as between circle time and snack time, well enough to engage children. During these times, children spend too long waiting and it becomes noisy.

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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

 develop the use of questioning to make sure that all staff consistently give children sufficient time to think about and respond to questions, to extend their thinking and language skills  review and improve the organisation of routines to more effectively support children's needs and interests as they move between activities.

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Inspection activities

 The inspector viewed the resources and play spaces, and observed children's engagement during planned and self-chosen activities.  The inspector carried out a joint observation with the provider.  The inspector took account of the views of children, and their parents and grandparents, spoken to on the day of inspection.  The inspector spoke to staff and held meetings with the provider at appropriate times during the inspection.  The inspector sampled documentation, including staff recruitment and vetting records, policies and procedures, and children's learning records.

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Effectiveness of the leadership and management is good

Safeguarding is effective. The provider and staff have a secure understanding of child protection issues and the procedures to follow if they have concerns about a child's welfare. There are effective systems in place to help new staff become familiar with their role and understand their responsibilities. The provider regularly meets with staff and supports them in developing their teaching practice. For example, through training, staff have a greater understanding and increased confidence to recognise potential delays in learning from children's assessment records. The provider has good systems in place to evaluate the quality of the provision. She has successfully addressed the areas for development identified at the previous inspection.

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Quality of teaching, learning and assessment is good

Children are eager to learn and make independent choices in their play. They confidently test out their own ideas, such as trying to find a way to get toys around a bench when they do not fit underneath. Overall, staff are effective teachers and models of communication, which helps to support children's language development. Children express themselves clearly and use good vocabulary in discussion with their friends and staff. Staff regularly challenge children in their self-chosen play, to extend their learning. For instance, they ask children to count the number of flowers they can see in the vase and support them to walk along a balance beam. This promotes their physical and mathematical development effectively.

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Personal development, behaviour and welfare are good

The provider and staff support children's personal, social and emotional development well. For example, they show great attention to every child in turn at circle time as they share their special items from home. Staff organise their deployment well, to enable them to supervise children closely at all times and participate in their play to extend learning. Children benefit from daily outings, so they can exercise and learn about the local community in the fresh air. Staff routinely build children's self-esteem to help children learn to try again when they are initially unsuccessful. For instance, when children fall off the balance beam, they quickly learn to get back on and keep trying.

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Outcomes for children are good

All children make good progress and develop important skills in readiness for school. Staff routinely make good use of opportunities to promote children's early reading and writing skills. For example, they encourage children to write their name on their work and help them remember important techniques, such as the need to write from left to right. Children thoroughly enjoy stories and frequently ask staff to read to them, eagerly requesting them again when staff get to the end of the book.

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Setting details

Unique reference number 106246 Local authority Devon Inspection number 1033176 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 26 Number of children on roll 26 Name of registered person Bovey Busy Bees Pre-school Committee

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Date of previous inspection 13 November 2015 Telephone number 07909 576422

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Bovey Busy Bees Preschool registered in 1991 and operates from several rooms in the Methodist church hall. It is situated in Bovey Tracey, near Newton Abbot in Devon. The pre-school is open each weekday during term time only from 9.15am to 12.15pm on Monday and Wednesday, from 9.15am to 1pm on Tuesday and Friday, and from 12pm to 3pm on Thursday. There are five members of staff. Of these, four hold appropriate qualifications to at least level 2. The setting provides funded 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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