Freda's Community Playgroup and Pre-school

Freda's Community Playgroup and Pre-school Settle College Lower School, Giggleswick, Settle, North Yorkshire, BD24 0BU

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Inspection date

Previous inspection date 12 September 2016 Not applicable

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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 management team has a strong commitment to making continuous improvement. Since the re-registration the team has focused on developing and improving the quality of the pre-school provision.  Staff effectively support children to manage their feelings and behaviour. Children are very well behaved and confidently express their feelings, enjoying and contributing to their time at pre-school. Staff successfully support children's emotional well-being.  Staff have a secure understanding of how to promote children's learning and development. They accurately track children's progress and plan for their future learning. Children are making consistently good progress across all areas of their development.  The effective key-person system helps children to form secure attachments. Children are happy and settled within the pre-school and enjoy making choices, especially in the outdoor play area.

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It is not yet outstanding because:

 On occasions, staff support children too quickly and do not give them time to find solutions for themselves or to practise their problem-solving skills.  Circle time is not as effective as other group activities. This is because children of mixed age ranges and abilities are together. Some older children become distracted and younger children are not as interested.

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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

 give more time for children to find out for themselves the possible answers to their problems, before providing them with solutions  review the organisation of circle time to take into consideration the age ranges and abilities of the children present, so that all benefit from the best teaching and learning opportunities during this activity.

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Inspection activities

 The inspector observed activities and the quality of teaching in all of the playrooms and outdoors.  The inspector sampled children's assessment records, planning documentation and a range of other records, policies and procedures.  The inspector conducted a joint observation with the nursery manager.  The inspector checked evidence of the suitability and qualifications of staff working with children, the provider's self-evaluation and improvement plans.  The inspector took account of the views of children, staff and parents spoken to on the day of inspection.

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Effectiveness of the leadership and management is good

The arrangements for safeguarding are effective. Staff have attended training and regularly update their knowledge of child protection. They are confident in the action to take, in order to protect children and keep them safe from harm. Safeguarding is part of the supervision process, and is discussed in team meetings to ensure it is given high priority. Children's progress is closely monitored and individual plans are swiftly put in place. External support for children is sought quickly if needed. Parents are fully included and their wishes are taken into account to provide a consistent approach to their children's overall care and education. All required health and safety policies are in place and implemented well. Staff are all qualified and use their good skills in children's care and education to plan for their ongoing good progress.

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Quality of teaching, learning and assessment is good

Staff provide children with many opportunities to explore and develop their own learning. They support children and sensitively introduce letters, numbers and early writing as they play. This contributes to children's understanding of mathematics and literacy. Staff skilfully encourage children's speaking and listening skills. For example, through story time, they talk to children and encourage them to listen to sounds. Older children enjoy creative activities, for example, they make crocodiles and glue and stick. Younger children enjoy snuggling up with staff and sit together to read stories. Staff place a strong focus on developing children's social, communication and physical skills. The secure system for observing, assessing and tracking of children's progress helps staff to identify what children need to do, to progress their learning further.

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Personal development, behaviour and welfare are good

Children are settled and confident in the pre-school. They develop healthy lifestyles as they learn about positive hygiene and healthy foods. Children manage their personal needs and are supported to succeed. This contributes to their developing self-confidence and motivation to try. Children are happy and engaged in the pre-school. They delight in playing outdoors as they climb, run freely and excitedly play in the water. They learn about the natural world, for example, growing plants and pumpkins for future topics, talking excitedly about how large the plants have grown. Children are able to take calculated risks and they use scissors indoors and large equipment outside.

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Outcomes for children are good

Children are making sustained good progress across all areas of their learning and development. They are active, confident learners who acquire those key skills in readiness for their move on to school. For those children whose starting points are lower, assessment shows they are making progress with gaps in attainment being narrowed. Children are gaining those key skills for their future learning.

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Setting details

Unique reference number EY494597 Local authority North Yorkshire Inspection number 1027303 Type of provision Full-time provision Day care type Childcare - Non-Domestic Registers Early Years Register Age range of children 0 - 5 Total number of places 20 Number of children on roll 35 Name of registered person Freda's Playgroup Committee

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Date of previous inspection Not applicable Telephone number 01729 824884

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Freda's Community Playgroup and Pre-school was re-registered in 2015. The pre-school employs six members of childcare staff. All hold appropriate early years qualifications at level 3. The pre-school opens from Monday to Friday and term time only. Sessions are from 9am until 3pm. The nursery provides funded early education for two-, three- and four-year-old children.

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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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