Jack and Jill Pre-School

Jack and Jill Pre-School Methodist Church Hall, New Hythe Lane, Larkfield, Aylesford, Kent, ME20 6PN

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Inspection date

Previous inspection date 12 September 2016 17 September 2012

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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

 Staff monitor children's learning successfully. They track children's learning and development and identify what they need to learn next. Staff use this information effectively to plan activities to help target children's learning. Children make good progress with their learning and development from their initial starting points.  Partnerships with parents and others are strong. Staff have worked on developing information sharing, helping to provide good continuity of care. They work together to help support children's learning and development.  Staff are consistent in their approach to behaviour management, helping children to behave well. For example, they teach children how to share resources, using good manners during activities.  Staff understand the clear reporting procedures if they have any safeguarding concerns regarding the welfare of children, helping to keep children safe.

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It is not yet outstanding because:

 Staff do not always adapt equipment to help younger children take care of their own needs. For example, during outside play, they are not able to turn the tap on to clean their hands.  Staff do not always think of the differing needs of children. For example, those who require left-handed scissors have to wait for these to carry on with their work.

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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

 review equipment to enable younger children to take care of their own needs during outside play  make sure resources being used enable all children to participate in activities to help extend their learning and development further.

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Inspection activities

 The inspector observed children in the main hall and outside play.  The inspector spoke with the provider, who is also the manager, and staff at appropriate times.  The inspector gathered the views of the parents.  The inspector sampled and reviewed documents, including safeguarding and children's assessments.

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Effectiveness of the leadership and management is good

Safeguarding is effective. The manager and staff have a clear understanding of their responsibilities in keeping children safe. For example, they carry out regular risk assessments and safety checks to enable children to play in a safe learning environment. The manager reviews staff's professional development and makes sure they keep up to date with any changes to legislation. Recent training has helped staff improve the physical play they provide to help make sure the children have opportunities to extend their skills in different ways. For example, they split the hall half-way through the session so the children can have further physical activities, such as dancing and playing with balls. The manager gathers and uses the views of parents and staff effectively to help shape the service she provides. Recent changes have been to use the children's interests to shape planning, to help make activities enjoyable.

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Quality of teaching, learning and assessment is good

Staff know the children well. They use children's interests successfully to help them plan activities to extend and challenge their learning. For example, staff have made ice cubes of differing sizes. Staff talk with the children about the feel of the ice and they look to see when they start to melt the sand in the tray changes in consistency. Children get excited when they play with the play dough. They repeatedly show staff how their hands have turned glittery. Staff talk with the children about the glitter and ask the children to describe how their hands look. This helps to support children's language development.

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Personal development, behaviour and welfare are good

Children are happy and settled. New children are starting to build positive bonds with the staff. Older children are confident learners and settle back quickly after holidays. Staff teach children about their own safety successfully. For example, they teach children about traffic lights and road signs they need to be aware of and stop at. Children develop good independence skills. For example, during snack time, children chose from a healthy variety of food and they serve it themselves. Children learn how to keep themselves safe when in the sun. They put hats on when playing in the garden without prompting from staff.

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Outcomes for children are good

Children gain the necessary skills to move to school. For example, they carry out activities to develop their early writing skills. Children learn how to draw around different shapes of buttons and paint water onto walls. Children develop their physical development in many different ways. For example, children problem solve how to move water from a bucket through different-sized bottles into a tray. They also learn how to ride bikes.

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Setting details

Unique reference number EY297086 Local authority Kent Inspection number 1058815 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 24 Number of children on roll 20 Name of registered person Kirsty Barbara Webb

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Date of previous inspection 17 September 2012 Telephone number 07763 071372

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Jack and Jill Pre-School registered in 2003. The pre-school is situated in Larkfield, on the outskirts of Maidstone, Kent. It is open each weekday from 9am to 12pm during term time only. The nursery receives funding for the provision of free education for children aged two, three and four years. There are eight staff working with the children and six staff hold appropriate early years qualifications to level 2 and above.

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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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