Carey Hall Preschool

Carey Hall Preschool Winchmore Hill Baptist Church, Compton Road, London, N21 3PA

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Inspection date

Previous inspection date 20 October 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

 Staff know children's stages of development through their observations and the information obtained from the parents. They plan exciting activities and learning experiences, which are based on children's interests and their different levels of development. Children are well motivated and make good progress.  Children enjoy close relationships with adults and other children. They settle quickly and feel emotionally secure as staff skilfully meet their individual needs.  The staff team has a good working relationship. Staff offer consistency of care and have built strong partnerships with parents, other adults and professionals who are involved in the children's education. This helps to ensure that all children's needs are met.  Leaders have developed effective systems for training, checking and supporting the performance of all staff. This ensures high quality care and good teaching for all children. Staff and leaders attend training together and regularly review and evaluate

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This provision is good

all aspects of the provision. This helps to ensure continuous improvement.

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It is not yet outstanding because:

 Occasionally, staff do not pick up on opportunities to help individual children fully pursue and extend their own interests or think for themselves.  Staff sometimes miss opportunities to help children understand why eating healthily is good for them.

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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

 increase opportunities for children to pursue and extend their own interests and to think for themselves  make the most of every opportunity that arises to help children understand why eating healthily is good for them.

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Inspection activities

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

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Effectiveness of the leadership and management is good

Safeguarding is effective. The manager, who is also the owner, ensures that all adults working with children are suitable to do so. Staff fully understand and carry out their responsibilities to protect children and keep them safe. The premises are secure and safe for children. The management team works effectively alongside the staff each day. Together they monitor children's progress carefully and ensure any gaps in their learning and development are addressed. Parents have great trust in the care and learning provided by staff. They express very positive views about the quality of the provision.

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Quality of teaching, learning and assessment is good

Staff have a good understanding of how children learn and develop. Activities stretch children's imagination and help to consolidate their existing knowledge. For example, children enjoy pretending to cook dishes out of play foam, following real instructions and discussing the real ingredients needed to make them. Staff ably support children's communication and language development. For example, they sing songs using puppets and encourage children to use their own voices. Children have good opportunities to be active learners, indoors and outdoors.

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Personal development, behaviour and welfare are good

Children and their families are warmly welcomed into this relaxed and friendly pre-school, where children have fun and enjoy exploring together. Children who are new to the pre- school are happy and confident to explore the hall, and they examine the interesting range of toys and resources with enthusiasm. Staff frequently give praise and encouragement, so children feel good about themselves. Children learn about boundaries and good behaviour, and they show they feel safe and emotionally secure. They behave well, take turns and share. Staff skilfully help children to resolve occasional disagreements. Children develop good self-care skills, for example, as they wash their hands before food or peel their fruit at snack time.

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Outcomes for children are good

All children, including those who are learning English as an additional language, make good progress from the time they start at the pre-school. They are independent learners and enjoy making their own decisions. Children are very well prepared for the next stage in their learning and for school. They are confident to share their thoughts. They learn to recognise their names, use mathematical language and enjoy reading books. For example, children follow the self-registration process in the morning by picking out their names independently to stick on the registration board.

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Setting details

Unique reference number EY482835 Local authority Enfield Inspection number 996973 Type of provision Sessional provision Day care type Childcare - Non-Domestic Registers Early Years Register Age range of children 2 - 3 Total number of places 44 Number of children on roll 29 Name of registered person Lisa Karen Walford

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Date of previous inspection Not applicable Telephone number 07952906969

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Carey Hall Preschool re-registered under new ownership in 2014. It operates from a church hall in Winchmore Hill, in the London Borough of Enfield. The pre-school is open each weekday from 9am to 4pm, term time only. The pre-school receives funding to provide free early education for children aged two, three and four years. The provider employs seven members of staff, all of whom hold relevant childcare qualifications at level 2 or 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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