Freshfields Pre-School

Freshfields Pre-School Sandwich Road, Whitfield, Dover, Kent, CT16 3LY

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Inspection date

Previous inspection date 12 December 2016 18 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 are happy and confident. They develop trusting and secure relationships with staff. This supports children to have positive levels of emotional well-being and self- esteem.  Staff meet the needs of children who have special educational needs and/or disabilities well. They share ideas and strategies with early years specialists to help provide a consistent approach to their learning. This supports children to make good progress.  Children develop skills to support their future learning. For example, they learn early writing skills, as they write their own names and give meaning to marks they make.  There are good opportunities for children to learn to respect and understand other cultures. For instance, children dress in saris and create henna patterns.  Children develop their imagination and enjoy experiences to explore and investigate. For example, they use magnifying glasses to look at items such as shells.

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This provision is good

 The manager and staff work closely with other settings that children attend. For example, they share children's achievements and decide activity plans together.

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It is not yet outstanding because:

 Staff miss some opportunities to give children sufficient time to think and respond to questions, to build on their communication skills further.  Staff do not make the most of opportunities to build and extend their knowledge and skills further, to help improve children's learning outcomes.

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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

 improve the opportunities children have to think and respond to questions, to develop their communication skills further  extend opportunities to build on staff's knowledge and teaching skills to help improve the outcomes for children's learning even more.

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Inspection activities

 The inspector observed staff's interactions with children.  The inspector viewed the indoor and outdoor environments.  The inspector looked at relevant written documentation, including a sample of policies and procedures, risk assessments and staff training records.  The inspector spoke to children, parents and staff and considered their views.  The inspector carried out a joint observation with the manager.

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Effectiveness of the leadership and management is good

The manager monitors children's learning experiences. For example, she observes staff's teaching practice and provides constructive advice in one-to-one meetings. Staff have discussions to review the day's events. This helps them keep children engaged and interested. The manager evaluates the quality of the pre-school well. For example, she carefully considers feedback given by children and parents and uses this for her action plans. Staff keep parents well informed about their children's learning. For example, they encourage them to share children's achievements from home. The manager and staff track and monitor children's progress, which helps to highlight any gaps in development promptly and provide support to help children close them. Staff use additional funding to support children's needs well. Safeguarding is effective. All staff have a good knowledge of the relevant procedures to follow to help protect children's welfare.

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Quality of teaching, learning and assessment is good

Staff help children manage the move to school effectively. For example, they organise activities that children may experience at school, such as borrowing reading books to take home, and they engage children in small group times to develop their levels of concentration. Staff skilfully build on children's interests. For instance, they encourage children to extend their ideas about a popular story, such as making characters from the story and transforming the role play area into their favourite scenes. Children have good opportunities to develop their creativity. For example, they engage in interesting art and craft activities such as using vegetables and fruits to paint with.

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Personal development, behaviour and welfare are good

Staff are positive role models for children. Children behave well and are polite. For example, they say 'please' and 'thank you' with no need for prompting by staff. Children learn the importance of healthy lifestyles. For instance, they have daily exercise in the fresh air and independently meet their care needs, such as knowing when they need to rest. Children develop good physical skills. For example, they participate in challenging activities such as exploring the different ways they can move as they skilfully step in and out of crates, crawl through tyres and balance along planks of wood.

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Outcomes for children are good

All children make good progress in their development, including those who speak English as an additional language. Children gain good skills to prepare them for school. For example, they learn mathematics when they talk about speed and count the laps that they ride on their bikes. Children build meaningful friendships and work well together. For example, they help each other to complete tasks as they play.

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Setting details

Unique reference number 127198 Local authority Kent Inspection number 1061320 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 2 - 4 Total number of places 30 Number of children on roll 34 Name of registered person Gillian Anne Jarvie

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Date of previous inspection 18 July 2013 Telephone number 01304 829902

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Freshfields Pre-School registered in 1999. It operates from the village hall in Whitfield, near Dover, Kent. The pre-school is open Monday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday from 9am to midday and 12.30pm to 3.30pm, and on Tuesday from 9am to midday. The provider receives funding to provide free early education for children aged two, three and four years. There are six staff, all of whom hold recognised early years qualifications at level 3 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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