Moorpool Preschool

Moorpool Preschool Lower Hall Moorpool, The Circle, Birmingham, B17 9DY

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Inspection date

Previous inspection date 9 March 2017 Not applicable

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This inspection: Inadequate 4

Effectiveness of the leadership and management Inadequate 4

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This inspection: Inadequate 4

Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Inadequate 4

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This inspection: Inadequate 4

Personal development, behaviour and welfare Inadequate 4

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This provision is inadequate

 Inadequacies in the supervision of children recently resulted in a child being able to leave the premises unsupervised. New arrangements for the prevention of such incidents in the future are not fully understood or implemented by staff.  The manager does not keep an accurate record of children's hours of attendance to ensure their safety.  The key-person system is not effective in ensuring children's individual needs are met.  Staff do not consistently promote children's next steps in learning. This is because staff do not take account of what children need to learn next when planning activities. As a result, children do not make good rates of progress in their development.  Staff do not ensure that the children have access to outdoor activities on a daily basis.

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It has the following strengths

 Parents express their satisfaction with the service provided. They say that their children are happy attending.

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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

 make sure that the new procedures for supervising children are fully understood and consistently carried out by staff 23/03/2017

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Due Date

 keep an accurate daily record of the names of the children looked after on the premises and their hours of attendance 16/03/2017

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Due Date

 improve the key-person system to help build strong relationships with children and their parents and to tailor each child's care to their individual needs 06/04/2017

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Due Date

 improve the planning of children's activities to ensure staff incorporate children's next steps in learning, in order to enable all children to make good progress in their development 06/04/2017

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Due Date

 ensure that children have access to daily outdoor activities. 06/04/2017

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Inspection activities

 This inspection was carried out as a result of a risk assessment, following information received about this provider.  The inspector observed the quality of teaching during activities indoors and assessed the impact this has on children's learning.  The inspector completed a joint observation with the manager.  The inspector held a meeting with the manager. She looked at relevant documentation, including evidence of the suitability of staff working in the pre-school.  The inspector spoke to parents during the inspection and took account of their views.

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Effectiveness of the leadership and management is inadequate

The arrangements for safeguarding are not effective. This is because children's safety is compromised. The supervision of children has not been good enough to prevent a child leaving the pre-school unnoticed. Staff do not have a good enough understanding of the arrangements put in place by the provider to address this situation. As a result, children's safety is not assured. Furthermore, the manager does not meet the requirement to ensure the children's hours of attendance are accurately recorded. However, staff do demonstrate a good understanding of the procedure to follow to share concerns about children's welfare. Staff receive regular supervision meetings with managers that give them the opportunity to discuss performance and professional development.

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Quality of teaching, learning and assessment is inadequate

Despite most staff are being qualified, there are weaknesses in teaching. This is because staff do not routinely use children's identified next steps for learning when planning activities. This impacts negatively on children's ability to make good progress. In addition to this, staff do not always ensure that children have daily opportunities to play outside. Children are generally happy, occupied and able to make choices about the play they take part in indoors. They select resources and equipment in line with their current interests. For example, children enjoy time spent in the home corner where they pretend to care for their baby doll using the available equipment. They have opportunities to practise their physical skills as they take part in music and movement sessions led by staff.

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Personal development, behaviour and welfare are inadequate

The key-person system is not effective. Some parents are not aware of who their child's key person is. Furthermore, some staff are unsure of who their key children are. As a result, staff do not form effective partnerships with parents, and children's individual needs are not well understood or met. Children's emotional well-being is promoted in some ways. Staff are kind, caring and friendly towards the children. This helps them to feel settled in the pre-school. Children learn to behave well. Staff encourage them to share, take turns and follow rules, such as sitting at the table during snack time. Children are offered healthy and nutritious snacks.

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Outcomes for children are inadequate

Children are not making good progress from their starting points because weaknesses in teaching mean their learning is not promoted well enough. As a result, children are not gaining all of the necessary skills they need to support them with future learning. However, children are encouraged to become independent and to take care of their own needs. They make friendships with others and learn to socialise in groups.

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Setting details

Unique reference number EY498970 Local authority Birmingham Inspection number 1086104 Type of provision Sessional provision Day care type Childcare - Non-Domestic Registers Early Years Register Age range of children 2 - 3 Total number of places 20 Number of children on roll 17 Name of registered person Andrea Wynne Ruff

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reference number

Date of previous inspection Not applicable Telephone number 07732908194

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Moorpool Preschool was registered in 2016. The pre-school employs five members of childcare staff. Of these, one holds an appropriate early years qualification at level 2, one holds level 3, one holds level 4 and one holds level 5. The pre-school opens from Monday to Friday during term time. Sessions are from 9.15am until 12.15pm. The pre-school provides funded early education for two and three-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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