Mulbarton Peacocks Preschool

Mulbarton Peacocks Preschool Mulbarton Village Hall, The Common, Mulbarton, Norwich, Norfolk, NR14 8AE

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Inspection date

Previous inspection date 8 November 2016 26 June 2013

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Effectiveness of the leadership and management Requires improvement Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Requires improvement Personal development, behaviour and welfare Requires improvement Outcomes for children Requires improvement

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This provision requires improvement. It is not yet good because:

 Staff professional development has not focused sufficiently on improving their teaching skills to ensure the pre-school continues to provide each child with good quality learning experiences.  Staff do not consistently use planning to help them identify and make the most of opportunities to promote children's good progress within each of the areas of learning.  The monitoring of children's progress has not focused enough on identifying and targeting any gaps in their learning.

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It has the following strengths

 Staff work closely with parents to involve them in their child's learning. They keep parents well informed about what their children have been doing in the pre-school.  Staff supervise children closely to ensure they are safe and secure. Staff follow well- established daily routines to help children settle and become self-assured.  Since the last inspection, the pre-school has improved the range of outdoor learning experiences offered to children.

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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

 ensure continual professional development focuses on improving the quality of teaching to help staff provide good quality learning experiences that extend and challenge children's learning 03/01/2017

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 ensure planning focuses more consistently on individual children's learning and is used to help staff identify and target further learning opportunities to promote children's good progress within each of the areas of learning. 03/01/2017

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

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 monitor children's progress more effectively in order to identify and target any gaps in their learning or the educational programme.

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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 completed a joint observation with the manager. The inspector spoke to staff and children at appropriate times during the inspection.  The inspector held a meeting with the manager and a representative of the management committee. She looked at relevant documentation, such as children's records and evidence of the suitability of staff working in the pre-school.  The inspector spoke to a number of parents during the inspection and took account of their views.

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Effectiveness of the leadership and management requires improvement

Although all staff hold a relevant qualification, they have not attended more recent training to ensure their teaching skills are up to date and continue to improve. The manager provides staff with regular supervision meetings to help identify some areas for improvement. Arrangements for safeguarding are effective. Staff have undertaken training at an appropriate level to help them fulfil their roles and responsibilities to protect children from harm. They follow effective procedures to ensure children are safe and healthy. The management committee is supportive of staff and works with them to identify ways of developing the pre-school in the future. Parents are very pleased with how their children have settled and the progress they have made since attending. They comment that their children have developed strong attachments to their key person.

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Quality of teaching, learning and assessment requires improvement

Although staff generally identify what children need to learn next, planning currently focuses more upon the activities and resources provided, instead of individual children's learning. This means that although children enjoy the activities, staff sometimes miss opportunities to offer further challenge to promote children's good progress. Staff, generally join in with children's play. For example, staff use children's enthusiasm for the popular builders' role-play area to extend children's mathematical understanding. Management has introduced a new way of observing and assessing children's progress. The manager is still working out how to use it more effectively to identify and target any gaps in children's learning.

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Personal development, behaviour and welfare require improvement

Although children are happy and enjoy the activities provided, some areas of their learning, such as technology, are not always well planned for. Children settle well and form close relationships with their key person. Staff use effective strategies during whole- group activities to help children learn the rules for expected behaviour. Children have regular opportunities for outdoor play. However, sometimes staff are more focused on merely supervising children outdoors rather than making the most of opportunities to extend children's learning. Staff provide opportunities to help children learn about different festivals and beliefs. Staff follow appropriate procedures to promote children's understanding of the importance of following good hygiene routines.

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Outcomes for children require improvement

Children are not making good enough progress. The quality of teaching requires improvement in order to raise the level of children's achievements overall. Children develop skills in some areas. They are learning to share and show care and concern for each other. Children are happy and developing self-assurance. They develop some independence skills in readiness for going to school. For example, children are encouraged to hang up their own coats. They are learning to take responsibility for their own personal care.

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Setting details

Unique reference number 254066 Local authority Norfolk Inspection number 1063841 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 - 4 Total number of places 26 Number of children on roll 26 Name of registered person Mulbarton Peacocks Preschool Committee

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Date of previous inspection 26 June 2013 Telephone number 07908 900716

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Mulbarton Peacocks Preschool was registered in 1995. The pre-school employs six members of childcare staff, all of whom hold appropriate early years qualifications ranging from level 2 to level 5. The pre-school opens from Monday to Friday, during term time only. It opens from 9am until midday, on Mondays and Thursdays and from 9am until 3.30pm, on Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Fridays. 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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