Toxteth Tabernacle

Toxteth Tabernacle Toxteth Tabernacle Baptist Church, Dorrit Street, Liverpool, Merseyside, L8 8AN

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Inspection date

Previous inspection date 16 February 2017 8 September 2016

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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

 Since the last inspection, the manager has taken appropriate steps to address the previous action and has implemented robust recruitment procedures of all staff. This has improved the safety of children.  The management team and staff demonstrate passion and dedication for ensuring they deliver a high standard of care and learning for children. Comments from staff, parents and children are taken into account and detailed action plans are devised to address further improvements.  Partnerships with parents are good. Continual conversations take place and information to extend and support children's progress and well-being is shared. Children are happy and confident at the pre-school.  Staff observe, assess and plan for the next steps in children's development. They offer a wide range of activities and learning experiences, both indoors and outdoors. This helps support children's motivation to learn and children are making good progress.

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This provision is good

 The performance management systems in place are effective. Staff attend regular supervision meetings. They discuss the competencies they have in their job role and their responsibilities. The management team offers support to staff and address any additional training needs. This helps to further develop their knowledge and skills and improve outcomes for children.

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It is not yet outstanding because:

 At times, staff do not give clear explanations to children about their behaviour to help them develop a clearer understanding of rules and boundaries.  Some staff do not always extend children's learning and development when opportunities occur spontaneously.

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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

 reinforce children's learning of their behaviour expectations to ensure that they have a clear understanding of rules and boundaries  make the most of all opportunities as they arise spontaneously during children's play, to help support and extend children's learning and development further.

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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 spoke with staff and children during the inspection.  The inspector completed a joint observation with the manager.  The inspector held a meeting with the pre-school manager and the deputy manager.  She looked at relevant documentation 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.  The inspector had a tour of the pre-school.

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Effectiveness of the leadership and management is good

The arrangements for safeguarding are effective. Staff have a good knowledge of the procedures to follow if they have concerns about a child's welfare. Comprehensive policies and procedures are updated regularly in accordance with legislation. Good vetting procedures and ongoing suitability checks of staff are carried out. This helps ensure that children are safe and secure at all times. The management team closely monitors and tracks children's development. They analyse data and identify the development of different groups of children that attend the pre-school. This helps them and staff to quickly identify children who require extra support. All children, including those who have special educational needs and disabilities and children who speak English as an additional language are supported well.

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Quality of teaching, learning and assessment is good

Staff are qualified and demonstrate a range of experiences and skills to support children's learning and development. They arrange the environment well to ensure all the areas of learning are covered and make additional enhancements to support children's interests. This helps capture children's attention, they focus on activities for long periods of time and are keen to explore. Staff promote children's early literacy skills well. Younger children assertively handle books and draw their attention to pictures as they relate them to well- known rhymes. Older children eagerly experiment with writing for a purpose and give their own account of the marks that they make in the sand and while drawing. Overall, staff participate in children's play well. They ask a range of questions, model new words and help support children's communication, language and thinking skills.

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Personal development, behaviour and welfare are good

Parents provide detailed information about what their child has already achieved and the best ways to support their emotional needs when they first start. This contributes to staff making secure relationships with children. The importance of children being healthy and active is promoted well. For example, they carry out good hygiene procedures and master new skills that support their physical development. Children learn to ride bicycles and build constructions that manipulate their movements in different ways, such as jumping off, walking along and stepping into crates. Staff support children's understanding of the community in which they live. Children visit local landmarks, take part in fund raising events and attend local groups to further build on their social skills.

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Outcomes for children are good

Children are independent learners and foster high self-belief and confidence. They make continual choices throughout the day and eagerly explore their environment. They join in or observe their friends in play and show determination and a 'can do' attitude towards their learning. All children, including those in receipt of additional funding make good progress and obtain the skills that they need in readiness for school.

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Setting details

Unique reference number 322457 Local authority Liverpool Inspection number 1073382 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 28 Number of children on roll 30 Name of registered person Toxteth Vine Project Committee

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reference number

Date of previous inspection 8 September 2016 Telephone number 0151 709 1907

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Toxteth Tabernacle was registered in 1990. The pre-school employs eight members of childcare staff. Of these seven hold appropriate early years qualifications between level 2 and level 6. The pre-school opens Monday to Friday, term time only. Sessions are from 9am until 3.45pm. The pre-school provides funded early education for 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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