MMI Preschool

MMI Preschool St. Albans Church Hall, West Heath Drive, London, NW11 7QG

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Inspection date

Previous inspection date 14 September 2016 16 May 2016

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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

 Children enjoy playing with a wide range of good-quality resources. Most activities are taught well and are based on children's interests. Their play and learning typically develop well. Children explore freely, use their imagination and make good progress.  The management team is ambitious and aims to achieve high standards in care and education. It worked hard with its staff to improve significantly and has taken effective steps to meet all previous actions and recommendations.  The key-person system is effective. Staff are skilled and sensitive to help children form strong emotional attachments. They use information from parents to establish children's care needs, routines and interests to help them settle and make friends.  Staff are good examples in how to relate to others. They talk to the children in a calm and respectful manner. This helps children to understand how to manage their own

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It is not yet outstanding because:

 Staff do not exchange enough information with parents about children's ongoing academic achievements to help them further with their children's learning.  Staff do not provide children with effective support to help them think for themselves or to develop their thinking skills further.

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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

 create more opportunities to exchange information with parents to help extend their children's learning  give children more help to think for themselves and in developing their thinking skills further.

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Inspection activities

 The inspector checked evidence of staff suitability to work with children and read some of the provider's policies and procedures.  The inspector looked at some documentation relating to observations, planning, employment and registration records.  The inspector observed activities indoors and outside and held conversations with the manager, staff, some parents and some children.  The inspector completed a joint observation with the manager.

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Effectiveness of the leadership and management is good

Safeguarding is effective. The manager and her team understand child protection issues and the procedures to follow if they have any concerns about a child's safety or welfare. Recruitment procedures are robust to ensure all adults are suitable to work with children. Staff know their roles and responsibilities. The manager checks staff performance, supported by individual meetings. This helps her to identify required training in direct response to the needs of staff or children. The management team and staff are committed to improving outcomes for all children. They welcome views on their practice, including obtaining those of parents, children and other professionals to assist their own evaluation. Parents are positive about the way the nursery is run.

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Quality of teaching, learning and assessment is good

Staff build a detailed knowledge of children's development from their observations and assessments, and provide a wealth of good-quality learning experiences for children, inside and outside. For example, children enjoy being active and doing the obstacle course outside or quietly painting with glitter when inside. Staff have a good understanding of how to develop most areas of children's learning. Children are eager to learn and explore. For example, children explore using shaving foam and discuss its different features, such as colour, smell and texture. Staff effectively check children's progress. They identify and promptly target any gaps in their learning and development, and involve other professionals to support any children needing extra help.

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Personal development, behaviour and welfare are good

Children play and explore happily and with confidence. Staff support children's sense of belonging and feelings of security. Children behave well, consistently use their manners and treat others in a kind way. Staff inform children of their expectations or rules, and children follow them. For example, when they use activity mats, they tidy up after the activity finishes. Children work with growing levels of independence and communicate well with each other. For example, they talk with each other using their own ideas in a role- play house outside. Staff teach children about the importance of a healthy lifestyle, for example, through discussions and by teaching them good hygiene routines.

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Outcomes for children are good

All children, including those who are learning English as an additional language, make good progress, given what they know when they start. They develop key skills for their future learning and their eventual move to school. For example, they play with confidence, have good social skills and remain engaged for long periods on activities that interest them. Children have good opportunities to gain pre-writing skills and use mathematical language during their various activities.

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Setting details

Unique reference number EY366301 Local authority Barnet Inspection number 1052387 Type of provision Sessional 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 26 Number of children on roll 21 Name of registered person Modern Montessori International Limited

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Date of previous inspection 16 May 2016 Telephone number 0208 731 6456

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MMI Preschool registered in 2007 and is one of four settings run by Modern Montessori International. It operates from a church hall in Golders Green in the London Borough of Barnet. The pre-school is open each weekday from 8.45am to 12.15pm, during term time only. The pre-school receives funding to provide free early education for children aged two, three and four years. The pre-school employs five staff, four of whom hold relevant early years qualifications at level 3 or above. The manager holds early years teaching status.

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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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