Southey Pre-School

Southey Pre-School New Cheltenham Hall, New Cheltenham Road, Kingswood, South Glos, BS15 4RR

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Inspection date

Previous inspection date 7 July 2016 5 October 2012

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This inspection: Inadequate 4

Effectiveness of the leadership and management Inadequate 4

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This inspection: Inadequate 4

Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Inadequate 4

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This inspection: Inadequate 4

Personal development, behaviour and welfare Inadequate 4

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This provision is inadequate

 Safeguarding is weak. The committee does not understand its legal responsibilities. It has not informed Ofsted of changes to the nominated person, senior staff or committee members as required. Committee members are not vetted to ensure their suitability and there are no systems to monitor staff's ongoing suitability. This puts children at risk.  Staff do not have a sufficient understanding of child protection issues. The lead practitioner has not undertaken a child protection training course to help her to support and guide staff on an ongoing basis.  Leaders do not monitor staff to identify weaknesses in their practice. They do not support the professional development of staff to improve teaching skills.  Staff do not help children learn how to behave well.  Leaders and staff do not make effective use of observation, assessment and monitoring of children's learning to plan and provide challenging experiences to meet their needs.

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This provision is inadequate

Children, including those in receipt of funding, do not make adequate progress.  Partnerships with parents are weak. Leaders and staff do not share information with parents about their children's learning and how they can support them at home.  Self-evaluation is ineffective. The provider fails to identify weaknesses and is in breach of a number of requirements and the associated requirements of the Childcare Register.

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It has the following strengths

 Children generally enjoy attending and have good relationships with the staff.

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What the setting needs to do to improve further

The provision is inadequate and Ofsted intends to take enforcement action

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What the setting needs to do to improve further

We will issue a Welfare Requirements Notice requiring the provider to:

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Due Date

 ensure that the designated safeguarding officer and all staff gain and maintain up-to-date knowledge of safeguarding issues; that they are aware of the signs of possible abuse and neglect and are able to respond to these appropriately 30/09/2016

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Due Date

 ensure that staff and committee members are suitable to work with children; ensure effective systems are in place to monitor the ongoing suitability of staff and committee members 08/08/2016

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 use effective support and supervision to improve the quality of teaching, enabling staff to challenge children effectively to help them make good progress in their learning and development 30/09/2016

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 ensure staff manage children's behaviour effectively and help them learn about how to behave appropriately. 30/09/2016

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Due Date

To meet the requirements of the early years foundation stage the provider must:

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Due Date

 improve the use of information from observations, assessments and tracking to plan and provide learning experiences for children that help them to make the best possible progress and to close any gaps in their learning, particularly for those in receipt of funding 30/09/2016

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Due Date

 share information with parents about their children's progress and how to support their learning at home to provide continuity. 30/09/2016

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Inspection activities

 The inspector observed staff and their interactions with children during play and learning activities, and viewed the play areas and resources.  The inspector held discussions with the leaders, and spoke with children and staff at appropriate times throughout the inspection.  The inspector sampled a range of documentation, including self-evaluation, children's assessment, planning records, and documentation linked to monitoring children's progress.  The inspector took into account the views of parents and carers spoken to on the day.  This inspection was prioritised by Ofsted as a result of the risk assessment process.

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Effectiveness of the leadership and management is inadequate

Safeguarding is ineffective. Leaders have not ensured that staff are trained and fully understand their responsibility in regards to all aspects of safeguarding. They do not check the ongoing suitability of staff, and the suitability of committee members has not been checked. These weaknesses put children at risk. Leaders have failed to inform Ofsted of changes to the senior staff, the nominated individual and committee members, as required. Leaders do not monitor children's progress effectively to identify gaps in their learning. They do not use funding appropriately to support children to catch up with their peers.

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Quality of teaching, learning and assessment is inadequate

Staff do not make effective use of observation and assessment of children's learning to plan experiences to meet their needs and interests and provide sufficient challenge. Staff do not encourage children to engage and listen in activities, such as group time. At inspection some children were restless and not paying attention. Staff do not support children to make discoveries for themselves before they intervene and direct children's play. For example, children were not helped to find solutions as to why their mud pie was too runny before a member of staff drained excess water out of the pan. Some staff support children's mathematical understanding adequately. For example, at snack time they talk about halves and thirds as children cut up fruit.

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Personal development, behaviour and welfare are inadequate

The weaknesses in safeguarding put children's welfare at risk. Behaviour management is weak. Staff do not support children to learn about taking turns with more popular resources, or to develop the skills to resolve any conflicts. Children become upset after arguing about resources. Children are independent. They pour their own drinks and learn to use knives safely to prepare fruit at snack time. Children have opportunities to be outside on a daily basis, to play in the open air and to practise their physical skills.

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Outcomes for children are inadequate

Children are not supported to become motivated learners. Staff do not follow children's interests to enthuse them. Children are sometimes merely occupied rather than actively learning from activities. For example, as children poured water down a guttering pipe from the water tray, staff did not engage with them to help them learn from this activity. Children, including those in receipt of funding, are not well prepared for the next steps in their learning, including their move to school.

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Setting details

Unique reference number 136074 Local authority South Gloucestershire Inspection number 1055553 Type of provision Full-time 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 24 Number of children on roll 18 Name of registered person Southey Pre-School Learning Alliance Committee

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Date of previous inspection 5 October 2012 Telephone number 0117 9673570

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Southey Pre-School has been registered since 1965 and is managed by a committee. It operates from New Cheltenham Hall in Kingswood, South Gloucestershire. The pre-school provides funded early education for children aged two, three and four years. Southey Pre- School is open from 9am to 3pm on Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday, and from 9am to midday on Thursday and Friday, during term time. There are four staff employed to work with the children. Of these, one member of staff has an early years qualification at level 2 and three have early years qualifications at level 3.

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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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