Little Monkeys

Little Monkeys Community Centre, Willow Close, St Georges, Weston-Super-Mare, BS22 7XF

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Inspection date

Previous inspection date 23 November 2016 23 January 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

 Staff support children's emotional well-being effectively. They frequently praise and encourage children in all that they do and celebrate their triumphs.  There are effective partnerships with parents. Parents are actively involved in children's learning from the start. Staff provide good information about the setting, children's achievements and ways to encourage learning at home.  Staff know their children well and are sensitive to their needs. They plan exciting experiences across all areas which support children's interests, next steps and learning styles effectively. This helps children make good progress from their starting points.  The owner and staff use self-evaluation effectively to make well-considered improvements that support children's learning. They monitor children's progress successfully and identify any gaps in their learning successfully. This leads to effective identification of training needs, for example, to extend staff's mathematical skills and

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It is not yet outstanding because:

 Staff miss opportunities to encourage children to make choices about their play including providing a broader range of materials to help children to express their creative ideas.  The quality of teaching is good. However, teaching could be raised to an even higher standard if the manager ensured that her expertise was fully shared by all staff.

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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

 develop further opportunities for children to make choices about their play, and enable them to explore a variety of materials, to help them to express their ideas creatively  provide further support and guidance to staff to raise the standards of teaching even further.

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Inspection activities

 The inspector observed staff's interactions as children played inside and in the park.  The inspector completed a joint observation with the owner/manager.  The inspector spoke with the owner/manager, staff and children at convenient times during the inspection.  The inspector considered the written views of parents.  The inspector sampled documentation including the pre-school's self-evaluation, children's assessment records and staff suitability records.

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Effectiveness of the leadership and management is good

Safeguarding is effective. The owner and staff fully understand how to keep children safe and supervise them well. They have a good understanding of their responsibilities should they have a concern about a child's welfare. There are effective recruitment and induction arrangements to check the suitability of staff. There has been good progress since the previous inspection that has had a positive impact on children's learning. For example, staff use their training well to provide good opportunities for children to develop their early reading skills such as creating their own stories with 'story stones' for guidance. There are strong links with other early years settings and schools to help prepare children for their eventual move to school.

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Quality of teaching, learning and assessment is good

Caring and friendly staff are respectful of children's play. For example, children are able to leave their activity and creations out while they have a snack or play outside, ready to return to later. Staff help children become confident communicators. For example, they show genuine interest in what children have to say, constantly engage them in conversations and talk through processes. Children enjoy their role play and show good imagination, for example imitating familiar situations such as washing and feeding their dolls. Staff's enthusiasm for reading is contagious and children become engrossed in books. They wait patiently for their opportunity to turn the page and see what will happen next.

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Personal development, behaviour and welfare are good

Children behave well. They listen to instructions and understand expectations, for example, to take turns on the swing. Staff are firm and consistent when managing behaviour, praising children for their 'good choices'. Children have high self-esteem. For example, they decide whether to take their pictures home or to put them away in their individual folders. Children are very proud of their achievements. Children learn to be healthy and have good opportunities to be physically active. For example, they negotiate pathways competently and adjust their speed as they play on the scooters. They learn about safety, reading and understanding the stop and go signs.

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Outcomes for children are good

Children are keen to learn and get involved with the activities on offer. They gain good levels of independence, overall. For example, children find their name and put on their coats. Children make good attempts to write their names and make lists of family members. They count competently, use mathematical language and show an interest in early calculation. Children persevere in tasks, for example, completing a two or three bead pattern as they make candy canes.

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Setting details

Unique reference number EY451967 Local authority North Somerset Inspection number 1062938 Type of provision Sessional provision Day care type Childcare - Non-Domestic Registers Early Years Register, Compulsory Childcare Register Age range of children 3 - 4 Total number of places 24 Number of children on roll 19 Name of registered person Hannah Marie Tedder

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Date of previous inspection 23 January 2013 Telephone number 07527 636226

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Little Monkeys registered in 2012. The pre-school is located in a community centre in St Georges on the outskirts of Worle, North Somerset. The pre-school opens Monday from 9am to 12 midday and Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday from 9am to 3.45pm, during term time only. The pre-school receives funding to provide free early education to children aged three and four years. The owner/manager holds qualified teacher status. She employs three members of staff, all of whom hold early years qualifications at level 3.

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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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