South Petherton C of E Infants Pre-School

South Petherton C of E Infants Pre-School Recreation Ground, Lightgate Lane, South Petherton, Somerset, TA13 5AU

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Inspection date

Previous inspection date 30 January 2017 20 September 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 know how children learn and meet their individual needs well. Children access a range of high-quality resources, toys and equipment. Staff use children's interests successfully to help them make good progress from their starting points.  Staff track children's progress well and effectively plan for their specific needs and gaps in learning. Close partnership working with parents ensures that they meet children's individual needs consistently. Staff successfully communicate with parents about their children's progress, helping them to support continued learning at home.  Staff are positive role models. They support children well to have good manners and be polite. Children respond positively to staff's input and encouragement.  The management team uses self-evaluation effectively. It seeks the views of parents and children, and involves staff well to share their ideas for change. This has led to

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This provision is good

focused sessions for two-year-olds, to develop their communication further.

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It is not yet outstanding because:

 Staff do not consistently help the less-confident children to interact and engage with others more.  Staff miss opportunities to encourage children to practise their early writing more.

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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

 provide more support to help less-confident children interact and engage with others  make the most of opportunities to encourage children to develop their early writing skills.

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Inspection activities

 The inspector observed staff and children inside and outside.  The inspector talked with staff, the manager and nominated person.  The inspector reviewed the pre-school's self-evaluation and sampled other documentation, including suitability checks, accident forms and children's records.  The inspector spoke to some parents to gain their views.  The inspector carried out a joint observation with the nominated person.

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Effectiveness of the leadership and management is good

Safeguarding is effective. The management team and staff have attended safeguarding training and have a good understanding of their responsibility to protect children from harm. The management team supports staff's ongoing development well. For example, through appraisals, to identify their strengths and to assess any future training needs. This has resulted in improved assessment and planning systems and for some staff to work towards a level 3 childcare qualification. Parents are very well engaged in their children's ongoing learning. For example, staff regularly invite them to parent evenings. Established partnerships with the local schools contribute towards staff sharing information about children's learning effectively.

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Quality of teaching, learning and assessment is good

Staff engage well with children, helping them to achieve. For example, to count how many children and staff are present, and introducing new language when reading stories. The manager monitors the educational programmes closely to ensure each child achieves to the best of their abilities. For example, they have introduced 'welly walks' and take children to places in their local community, such as visiting the local bakery, to help extend their understanding of the people and world around them. Staff support children's listening and attention well, especially during group discussions and story times. For example, they use pictures to help capture children's attention and aid their understanding, and encourage children to join in making animal sounds. Children confidently use technology, for example, to play educational games.

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Personal development, behaviour and welfare are good

Children develop good skills that effectively prepare them for routines when they move on to school. For example, they sit together at meal and group times, enjoying the company of staff and others. Staff provide children with a broad range of experiences to develop their physical skills. For example, indoors, children enjoy the sensory experience of manipulating shaving foam and building towers from wooden blocks. Outdoors, children dance with ribbons, moving their bodies in different ways as well as kicking balls into goals. Children develop good independence as they freely move around the environment and make choices about what they want to do.

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Outcomes for children are good

Children like to look at books, happily exploring them on their own or with others. They listen with interest to stories read by staff. Children learn good personal hygiene through everyday routines, such as washing their hands. They behave well and become confident communicators. These skills effectively prepare them for their move on to school.

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Setting details

Unique reference number EY460356 Local authority Somerset Inspection number 1063401 Type of provision Full-time provision Day care type Childcare - Non-Domestic Registers Early Years Register, Compulsory Childcare Register, Voluntary Childcare Register Age range of children 2 - 5 Total number of places 20 Number of children on roll 33 Name of registered person South Petherton Church of England Infants Governing Body

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Date of previous inspection 20 September 2013 Telephone number 01460240750

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South Petherton Church of England Infants Pre-School registered in 2013 under the governance of the local infant school in South Petherton in Somerset. It was originally established in 1992. The pre-school operates from a dedicated building at the recreational ground with an enclosed outdoor area. It operates each weekday during term time only from 8.45am until 3.30pm. The pre-school receives funding for the provision of free early education for children aged two years. The governors employ five staff to work directly with the children. Of these, four are qualified. One member of staff holds an early years degree, one has a level 4 childcare qualification, one has a level 3 qualification and one is working towards a level 3 childcare qualification.

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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. procedures set out in the guidance ‘Complaints procedure: raising concerns and making complaints about Ofsted’, which is available from Ofsted’s website: www.gov.uk/government/organisations/ofsted. If you would like Ofsted to send you a copy of the guidance, please telephone 0300 123 4234, or email enquiries@ofsted.gov.uk. achieve excellence in the care of children and young people, and in education and skills for learners of all ages. It regulates and inspects childcare and children's social care, and inspects the Children and Family Court Advisory Support Service (Cafcass), schools, colleges, initial teacher training, work-based learning and

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