Mini Oaks Pre School

Mini Oaks Pre School 35 Reading Road, Winnersh, Wokingham, Berkshire, RG41 5HG

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Inspection date

Previous inspection date 8 July 2016 Not applicable

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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:

 Assessment of children's learning is not precise enough to ensure that all gaps in their development are identified quickly. Not all children, including those who are learning English as an additional language and those who have special educational needs, make good progress from their starting points.  The manager and staff do not have a clear understanding of the requirement to complete progress checks for all children when they are aged between two and three years and to provide a written summary of their development for parents.  Staff do not consistently extend children's thinking skills during activities to help them to solve problems for themselves.  At times, such as snack time, children are kept waiting and lose focus, and their generally good behaviour deteriorates.  The manager reflects on teaching practice but this is not rigorous enough to identify all areas for improvement, or to ensure that all statutory requirements are met.

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It has the following strengths

 Staff provide a broad range of interesting activities that children enjoy.  Children form positive relationships with staff and settle quickly.  Children gain a good awareness of the world around them through a variety of activities.

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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

 ensure that assessment of all children's progress is precise, and use information gathered to help them make consistently good progress 25/09/2016

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 complete the required progress check for all children between the ages of two and three years and provide parents with a written summary of their children's progress in the prime areas of learning, and identify any areas where children may need support. 25/09/2016

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

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 extend staff skills in encouraging children to solve problems and develop their own ideas  review the organisation of routines to support children to behave consistently well  make effective use of self-evaluation to ensure that statutory requirements are met and all areas for improvement are identified.

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Inspection activities

 The inspector had a tour of the pre-school.  The inspector spoke with parents, staff and children to gain their views.  The inspector observed children's activities and interaction from staff during play, and carried out a joint observation with the manager.  The inspector examined a sample of policies, documents and children's records.  The inspector discussed the setting's self-evaluation process with the manager.

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Effectiveness of the leadership and management requires improvement

The manager does not review practice thoroughly to ensure that all requirements are met. For example, she does not ensure that the required check has been completed for all children aged between two and three years to monitor children's progress effectively. She gains parents' and children's views to help make some improvements to the provision. Safeguarding is effective. Rigorous recruitment procedures and risk assessments are used to check the suitability of staff and the premises. Security measures have recently been reviewed and tightened to ensure children cannot leave unsupervised. Staff know the procedures to follow if they have concerns for a child's welfare. The manager uses coaching and support to raise the quality of teaching. Staff share children's achievements with parents, other settings children attend and outside agencies to provide consistency of care and to involve parents in their children's learning.

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Quality of teaching, learning and assessment requires improvement

Staff do not complete precise assessments to ensure that all gaps in children's learning are identified and targeted quickly. Staff observe children as they play and have a general awareness of children's overall abilities. They share their observations with parents and gather information about children's achievements at home, to help them plan some interesting activities that children enjoy. For example, children enjoyed helping to create a bug house, learning about the life cycle of the butterfly and exploring different textures. Staff engage children in conversations and repeat new words for them to hear. Staff encourage children to count, sort and match during play activities but do not provide many opportunities for children to develop their problem-solving skills.

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Personal development, behaviour and welfare require improvement

Children develop suitable independence skills. Their behaviour is mostly good, but when they are not suitably occupied they become restless and their behaviour deteriorates. Staff provide children with daily opportunities for physical exercise. Children learn good hygiene routines, and they learn about healthy lifestyles, for example, as they make healthy choices at snack time. Staff teach children about keeping themselves safe. For example, children learn about road safety and discuss how they must not play near cars or roads.

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Outcomes for children require improvement

Children gain some of the key skills they need for starting school. They are confident, learn to recognise some familiar words and develop their early writing skills through a variety of activities. They develop good concentration skills, for example, as they listen to stories that staff read with enthusiasm. However, they only make adequate, rather than good, progress because staff do not use accurate assessments to tailor activities to meet all children's learning needs.

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Setting details

Unique reference number EY474218 Local authority Wokingham Inspection number 1055654 Type of provision Sessional provision Day care type Childcare - Non-Domestic Registers Early Years Register Age range of children 2 - 4 Total number of places 20 Number of children on roll 32 Name of registered person St Crispins Pre-school Committee

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Date of previous inspection Not applicable Telephone number 07800 751760

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Mini Oaks Pre-School (formally Crispins Pre-School) registered on a new site in 2014 and is situated in Wokingham, Berkshire. The pre-school is open on Tuesday and Thursday from 9am to 3pm and on Monday, Wednesday and Friday from 9am to 12.30pm, term time only. It offers morning, afternoon or full day sessions. The pre-school employs five staff in total. The manager and four members of staff hold appropriate early years qualifications from level 2 to level 5. The setting receives funding for the provision of free early years education to children aged two, 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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