Puddle-Ducks Pre-School

Puddle-Ducks Pre-School Scout & Guide Headquarters, Pack Horse Road, Melbourne, DERBY, DE73 8BZ

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Inspection date

Previous inspection date 20 March 2017 1 February 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 provide an array of stimulating activities indoors and outdoors. They plan a good balance of adult-led and child-initiated play. Children are eager to become engaged and focused in their play and learning. Children make good progress from their starting points.  Staff provide high levels of support to help younger children to settle when they first start the pre-school. As a result, children quickly feel safe and secure to explore their surroundings and begin to play and learn.  Children, whose progress is below that expected for their age, receive good levels of support to help them to catch up with their peers.  Partnerships with parents are very positive. Parents are very complimentary about the staff. Parents feel that their children really benefit from attending the pre-school and make great progress.  Managers are experienced and knowledgeable practitioners who are continually looking

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This provision is good

for ways to improve outcomes for children. They are effective in helping staff to develop additional knowledge and skills.

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It is not yet outstanding because:

 Teaching is not focused sharply enough on helping children to achieve their individual next steps in learning during activities.

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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

 increase the focus of teaching on helping children to achieve their individual next steps in learning to help them to make the highest rates of progress.

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Inspection activities

 The inspector observed the quality of teaching during activities 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 pre-school manager.  The inspector held a meeting with the management team. They 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.

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Effectiveness of the leadership and management is good

The arrangements for safeguarding are effective. Staff are vigilant in making sure children are kept safe as they play and learn. Managers and staff undertake training and have a strong understanding of child protection issues. They fully recognise their roles and responsibility to protect children in their care. Recruitment, vetting, induction and ongoing suitability checks make sure staff are suitable to work with children. Managers and staff undertake well-targeted training to further extend their knowledge of teaching. This results in staff increasing their focus on helping children to develop their physical skills. Effective partnership working with parents and other professionals contribute to improving outcomes for children.

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Quality of teaching, learning and assessment is good

Staff work effectively with parents to compete accurate assessments of children's achievements. Parents report they are provided with good levels of support and guidance to promote their children's learning at home. Staff play alongside children and talk to them about what they are doing, seeing and thinking. They introduce new vocabulary into conversations and show children how they can find things out by looking in books for new information. Staff encourage children to have a go. They show them how to do new things, such as using tape dispensers and tweezers. Children are encouraged to develop good levels of curiosity in the world around them. They enjoy visits around the local community to look and learn about different types of houses. They also plant and watch seeds grow into flowers, fruit and vegetables. Available resources ignite children's drive to play imaginatively and creatively.

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Personal development, behaviour and welfare are good

Children develop strong attachment to their key persons. They are settled and happily show friendly behaviours towards other staff, children and visitors. Children show good levels of motivation and drive to play and learn. They know and are eager to take part in familiar routines and activities. They take part in self-registration, self-service snack, wake-and-shake sessions and carpet time. Children take part in activities them help them to recognise and value difference's in themselves and others. Children benefit from the close links staff make with the local school and take part in school activities throughout the year.

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Outcomes for children are good

Children make at least good progress. They are developing the skills they need for school when the time comes. Children are developing good speaking skills. They follow instructions and listen attentively when spoken to by staff. They are learning to take turns to listen and talk to each other. Children make very good progress in their physical development. They enjoy challenging their bodies to move in different ways. They are developing the smaller muscles in their hands needed for early writing skills. They concentrate to make controlled movements using materials, such as dough and use scissors to cut. Children talk confidently about ways to keep healthy and safe.

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Setting details

Unique reference number EY450020 Local authority Derbyshire Inspection number 1066079 Type of provision Sessional provision Day care type Childcare - Non-Domestic Registers Early Years Register Age range of children 2 - 5 Total number of places 26 Number of children on roll 55 Name of registered person Puddle-Ducks Pre-School

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Date of previous inspection 1 February 2013 Telephone number 07813 070 794

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Puddle-Ducks Pre-School was registered in 2012. The pre-school employs six members of childcare staff. All apart from one hold appropriate early years qualifications at level 3 or above. The pre-school opens Monday to Thursday 8.45am to 11.45am and 12.30pm to 3.30pm, and on Fridays 9am until 3pm. 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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