Cranage Pre-School

Cranage Pre-School Cranage Village Hall, Knutsford Road, Crewe, CW4 8EQ

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Inspection date

Previous inspection date 16 November 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 pre-school is welcoming and homely. Staff nurture children to become confident and happy. Children are very content and look forward to coming to pre-school. Parents talk positively of the care and attention their children receive.  Effective support and coaching are provided for all staff. This includes observation of staff practice and one-to-one meetings to discuss performance and training needs. This helps to ensure teaching has a continually good impact on children's learning and development.  Children's behaviour is good as staff set clear expectations and boundaries. Staff encourage self-help skills and children are independent and confident when they pour their own drinks and put their own coats on.  Staff have a good understanding of how young children learn best. They plan a wide range of interesting activities that is well matched to children's current stages of development.

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It is not yet outstanding because:

 Although staff regularly observe children and their achievements, the relatively new systems to improve the accuracy of assessment and monitoring of children's progress are not yet fully embedded.  Staff do not consistently challenge children to learn as much as possible during planned activities. They do not make use of children's enthusiasm to help them continue to learn once the planned aim of activities has been achieved. As a result, however, children make consistently good progress, they are not learning as rapidly as they could.

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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

 embed and review the impact of recent changes that have been made to systems for assessment and monitoring, in order to have a clearer overview of children's progress and therefore, be able to precisely target teaching at raising the levels of children's attainment even higher  make better use of children's continuing interest and enthusiasm during planned activities to extend their learning as far as possible.

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Inspection activities

 The inspector observed the quality of teaching during activities indoors and outdoors, and assessed the impact this has on children's learning.  The inspector held a meeting with the pre-school manager and provider. The inspector looked at relevant documentation, such as the nursery's self-evaluation and evidence of the suitability of staff working in the nursery.  The inspector completed two joint observations with the pre-school manager and spoke to staff during the inspection.  The inspector spoke to parents during the inspection and took account of their views.

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Effectiveness of the leadership and management is good

The arrangements for safeguarding are effective. Staff prioritise children's safety at all times. All staff have a good understanding of who to contact should they have any concern about the welfare of a child. Staff regularly check the environment for risks and take suitable action to reduce the possibility of harm to children. Staff are well supported. The manager meets with them to discuss aspects of their role and make suggestions about how they can improve even further. She effectively plans training and other professional development opportunities for all staff. This helps to ensure that their knowledge and skills are kept up to date.

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Quality of teaching, learning and assessment is good

Children have access to a range of good quality, interesting, stimulating toys and resources. Staff support children's thinking skills well. They use good questioning techniques to help engage with children during play. For example, staff encourage children to think about and anticipate what might happen next in a story. Children enjoy singing songs and rhymes. They explore the texture and properties of jelly and pasta with good questioning by staff. Children consider the differences between each of them and say, 'It feels squidgy, cold, like snow'. As a result, children are developing communication and language skills and also develop how they think about things. Children develop their mathematical skills and learn about shape, colour and numbers. Staff work at the children's level, and use clear language to develop children's understanding.

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Personal development, behaviour and welfare are good

Children's behaviour is good. Staff offer lots of positive praise and encouragement to support this. Therefore, children build strong friendships with one another and with staff, which bolsters their confidence and self-esteem. A range of information from parents is collected when children first start, such as their interests, likes, dislikes and development. This helps children to build warm, strong relationships with staff and they settle well. All children spend time outdoors. Here, they take manageable risks in their play, manoeuvring around obstacles on cycles and using a variety of equipment with growing competence. They pretend to be builders by moving stones into a wheelbarrow and filling containers with water. Children are provided with healthy options at snack times, when they enjoy fruit with milk or water. These activities help children to develop an awareness of a healthy lifestyle.

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Outcomes for children are good

Children follow their own interests and make independent choices about what they want to play with. Staff support them well with this. Children make good progress in their learning and development. This fosters their readiness for the next phase in their learning, including their move on to school.

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Setting details

Unique reference number EY486856 Local authority Cheshire East Inspection number 1010344 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 1 - 5 Total number of places 24 Number of children on roll 7 Name of registered person Elaine Johnson

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Date of previous inspection Not applicable Telephone number 01447534840

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Cranage Pre-School was re-registered in 2015 under private ownership. The pre-school employs three members of childcare staff. All of these hold appropriate early years qualifications at level 3 or above. The pre-school opens Monday, Wednesday and Thursday from 9am to 3pm and on Tuesday from 9am until midday. The pre-school 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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