New Life Pre-School

New Life Pre-School The Gateway, Addlewell Lane, Yeovil, Somerset, BA20 1QN

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Inspection date

Previous inspection date 13 October 2016 8 July 2013

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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 make good progress from their starting points. Staff use their knowledge and skills well to extend and challenge individual children through a wide range of interesting learning activities.  Staff have good relationships with parents and other early years settings children attend. They share information about children's progress effectively to ensure planning for future learning is consistent and effective. Information from parents about learning at home is valued and included in their children's assessments.  The managers monitor the effectiveness of the provision well to ensure good quality outcomes for children. This helps them focus on improvements that benefit children's learning. For example, they identified that mathematical activities lacked challenge, and developed these to extend children's knowledge further.  Children are happy and confident. They demonstrate high levels of self-esteem and

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This provision is good

emotional security as they interact with each other and staff. Children's behaviour is good, and they have a clear understanding of expectations and boundaries.

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It is not yet outstanding because:

 Staff do not encourage children consistently to practise their skills in using tools and equipment safely.  Staff do not extend opportunities for children to learn about each other's culture and home language.

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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

 encourage further children's confidence and skills in using tools and equipment  encourage children to learn more about each other's languages and cultures.

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Inspection activities

 The inspector observed staff and children engaged in learning activities indoors and outdoors.  The inspector discussed staff practice with managers.  The inspector talked to parents and children.  The inspector talked to staff to assess their understanding of how to safeguard children and implement required procedures.  The inspector reviewed systems for monitoring the effectiveness of the learning provision in helping children make progress.

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Effectiveness of the leadership and management is good

The managers have a strong commitment to making ongoing improvements. They support staff very well to develop their skills through training. They use funding well to extend children's development; for example, staff training to understand why some children struggle to recognise the needs of others, which has helped staff to support children's emotional development more effectively. Safeguarding is effective. The managers and staff have a good understanding of safeguarding procedures to follow to protect children from harm. Staff use risk assessments and safety procedures effectively to safeguard children from other community groups that use the premises.

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Quality of teaching, learning and assessment is good

Staff use their very good observations and assessments well to plan learning activities that are stimulating and challenging, and that children are keen to explore and investigate. For example, children enjoyed conducting experiments to see what sinks and floats, and made charts to record their findings. Staff extended this well, taking children to the nearby stream to watch how sticks move through the current, and to record whether bigger or smaller sticks go faster. Staff use their good teaching skills effectively to extend children's learning well. For example, staff had packed a basket to help illustrate a story about a picnic, and encouraged children to explore and talk about the contents. Staff provided good resources for children to use as they re-enacted the story, such as using ropes and pulleys to transport the picnic basket across the room.

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Personal development, behaviour and welfare are good

Children have a good understanding of hygiene and why this is important. For example, they talked about washing apples picked from the tree to make sure they are clean enough to eat. Staff plan very well to ensure children enjoy a good variety of daily outdoor learning experiences. They ensure children have a thorough understanding of the procedures that help to keep them safe on their daily outings, and encourage them to make their own risk assessments as they play. For example, before children engaged in an energetic game of hide and seek in the park, they talked about the paths being slippery from the rain, and to only run on the grass.

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Outcomes for children are good

Children develop good skills that prepare them well for the next stage in their learning, including going to school. Regular small group activities help children to focus on particular aspects of learning, to extend their knowledge further. For example, children concentrated very well as they learnt a new activity on the computer. They manipulated the mouse confidently, and identified letters and numbers on the keyboard, helping to extend their literacy and mathematics knowledge.

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Setting details

Unique reference number EY303307 Local authority Somerset Inspection number 1061886 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 30 Number of children on roll 16 Name of registered person New Life Pre-School

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reference number

Date of previous inspection 8 July 2013 Telephone number 01935 412469

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New Life Pre-School is a privately run group set up by Yeovil Community Church. It registered in 2005. The pre-school operates from the Gateway Community Centre in the town of Yeovil in Somerset. It is open Monday and Tuesday from 9.15am to 2.15pm, and Thursday from 9.15am to 1.30pm, term time only. There are seven members of staff working with the children; of these, six have level 3 early years qualifications and one has a level 2 qualification. Staff are supported by a coordinator, who is also one of the company directors.

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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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