The Chelsfield Pre-School

The Chelsfield Pre-School Windsor Drive Community Centre, Windsor Drive, Orpington, Kent, BR6 6HD

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Inspection date

Previous inspection date 16 November 2016 29 January 2013

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This inspection: Inadequate 4

Effectiveness of the leadership and management Inadequate 4

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This inspection: Inadequate 4

Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Inadequate 4

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This inspection: Inadequate 4

Personal development, behaviour and welfare Inadequate 4

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This provision is inadequate

 The provider does not have a clear safeguarding knowledge. She does not implement secure procedures for the safe recruitment of staff or have sufficient understanding of safeguarding matters.  The provider does not monitor the quality of staff practice. Staff do not receive regular support, coaching and mentoring to help them develop their skills and knowledge to provide good quality teaching.  Staff do not keep required records adequately. For example, occasionally they do not complete accident records. Staff do not record children's attendance accurately. This does not safeguard children effectively.  The quality of teaching is weak. Children do not make sufficient progress in their development to prepare them for their future. The provider does not monitor children's progress over time to help identify any gaps in their learning.  Self-evaluation is not effective. The provider does not identify the weaknesses in the

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This provision is inadequate

nursery or the breaches in the early years foundation stage requirements.

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It has the following strengths

 Staff help children to follow healthy lifestyles. For example, children enjoy nutritious foods and daily opportunities for fresh air and exercise.

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What the setting needs to do to improve further

To meet the requirements of the early years foundation stage the provider must:

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Due Date

 gain an up-to-date understanding of safeguarding matters and ensure recruitment procedures safeguard children adequately, including verifying staff's identity, qualifications and taking up appropriate references; maintain the required records of the checks carried out to ascertain staff's suitability to work with children 16/12/2016

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Due Date

 monitor staff's practice and provide them with effective coaching, mentoring and support to help them develop their skills and knowledge to raise the quality of children's experiences 24/02/2017

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Due Date

 maintain required records to safeguard children, including recording accurate times of children's attendance and accident records 01/12/2016

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 improve the quality of teaching, including providing purposeful interactions and planning suitably challenging activities that engage children and help them make good progress 27/01/2017

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Due Date

 improve the monitoring of children's progress and learning experiences to identify and respond to any gaps in their achievements and weaknesses in the educational provision. 27/01/2017

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Due Date

To further improve the quality of the early years provision the provider should:

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Due Date

 make effective use of self-evaluation to identify weaknesses in practice to target all areas for improvement.

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Inspection activities

 The inspector observed staff and children indoors and outdoors.  The inspector completed joint observations with the manager.  The inspector held a meeting with the manager.  The inspector spoke to parents and carers to gain their feedback.  The inspector looked at a range of paperwork, including children's records and policies and procedures.

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Effectiveness of the leadership and management is inadequate

Safeguarding is ineffective. The provider has not recognised breaches in requirements such as implementing a safe recruitment procedure. For example, the suitability and qualification status of staff is not adequately recorded and verified. The provider is unaware of recent changes to safeguarding matters or her duty to prevent children being drawn into situations which put them at significant risk of harm. However, staff members, including the designated officer, understand their responsibility to safeguard children. They know the process to follow if they have concerns about the welfare of children. Leadership and management are ineffective. The provider does not monitor or identify weaknesses in staff practice. Staff do not receive adequate support to help them develop their knowledge and skills to provide good quality teaching. Children's progress is not monitored effectively to ensure any gaps in their achievements are quickly identified. The

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Effectiveness of the leadership and management is inadequate

provider does not evaluate the effectiveness of children's learning experiences to ensure staff provide suitably challenging experiences. Self-evaluation is poor and does not identify the weaknesses in the provision or target improvement.

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Quality of teaching, learning and assessment is inadequate

Staff do not engage with children effectively to extend their learning. For example, some children play for long periods of time on their own and staff fail to recognise opportunities to join in and support their learning. Children are not challenged sufficiently. For example, staff do not provide adequate interaction, including developing discussions and asking questions to help children extend their knowledge and understanding and develop their ideas. Children enjoy some creative play. For example, they explored ice with their hands and played shops in the role play area. Staff complete some written observations of the children's activities. However, these are not used effectively to plan children's next steps in learning to help them make good progress.

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Personal development, behaviour and welfare are inadequate

The breaches identified in safeguarding children have a detrimental effect on their well- being and welfare. For example, staff do not consistently record all accidents to children or keep an accurate record of children's times of attendance. Staff fail to recognise the impact that the lack of challenging and engaging activities and interactions has for children. For example, children become bored and frustrated. Children gain some physical skills. For example, they climb up the slide. However, staff do not teach them how to manage other stairs independently, such as on the play fort, to help them increase their physical development and to gain an understanding of risk. Staff make some links with settings that children attend and they keep parents informed of the activities at nursery. This helps to provide some continuity in children's care.

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Outcomes for children are inadequate

Children do not make good progress or gain sufficient skills for the next stage in their learning. Activities and learning experiences are not matched to children's abilities and do not motivate them to learn. Children are not encouraged to gain skills of independence. For example, they do not make their own choices at snack time. The routines such as toilet times prevent them from following their own play choices. Children become restless and do not concentrate well, such as when taking part in planned group times.

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Setting details

Unique reference number EY449675 Local authority Bromley Inspection number 1062764 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 40 Number of children on roll 65 Name of registered person Julie Ann Carter

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reference number

Date of previous inspection 29 January 2013 Telephone number 01689 869335

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The Chelsfield Pre-School registered in 2012. It is open each weekday from 8am to 6pm for most of the year. The nursery receives funding to provide free early education for children aged two, three and four years. There are 11 members of staff, five of whom hold level 3 qualifications. One member of staff is qualified to level 5.

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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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