Old Basing Pre-School Ltd

Old Basing Pre-School Ltd Village Hall, The Street, Old Basing, BASINGSTOKE, Hampshire, RG24 7DA

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Inspection date

Previous inspection date 29 March 2017 26 January 2015

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Effectiveness of the leadership and management Requires improvement Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good 2

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Personal development, behaviour and welfare Requires improvement Outcomes for children Good 2

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

 The manager has not kept her knowledge fully up to date with the changes in statutory and other government safeguarding guidance, or implemented them in her practice.  At times throughout the day, both indoors and outdoors, staffing arrangements do not meet the needs of the younger children to a good standard. However, children's safety is not directly at risk, and the manager has already taken steps to improve practice in this area.  Planning to identify and meet the needs of the youngest children is not well focused on helping the youngest children settle into the pre-school quickly.

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It has the following strengths

 The manager monitors children's progress effectively during their time at the pre-school and, overall, has high aspirations for the children in her care. She works well with parents and others involved in children's learning, to help children catch up where they have delayed starts. Parents are very happy with their children's progress.  Kind, caring, capable staff capture children's enthusiasm to explore and investigate, and successfully nurture children towards higher levels of thinking.  Children are confident and polite when talking with adults and children. They develop good levels of respect for other people and for the community in which they live.  Children, including those with delayed starts or special educational needs, make good levels of progress in their learning and development overall.

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What the setting needs to do to improve further

To meet the requirements of the early years foundation stage and the Childcare Register the provider must:

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Due Date

 improve knowledge and understanding of all aspects of safeguarding guidance and implement them fully 05/06/2017

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 deploy staff to meet the needs of all children and to ensure that the youngest children are adequately supervised. 03/04/2017

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

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 review the activities and strengthen further the role of the key person in supporting the needs of the youngest children to help them settle into the pre-school more rapidly.

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Inspection activities

 The inspector observed, listened to and talked with children as they played in the large and small halls, and during outdoor play.  The inspector talked with parents and listened to their views about the pre-school and their children's progress.  The inspector looked at children's records, discussed staff planning and evaluation of activities, and how staff exchange information with parents.  The inspector reviewed records and procedures relating to safeguarding and risk assessment, and discussed a range of other procedures relating to children's welfare with the manager.  The inspector offered to carry out a joint observation with the manager. Together they observed staff practice and discussed how staff training had contributed to children's learning and development.

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Effectiveness of the leadership and management requires improvement

The well-qualified and experienced manager has attended statutory training, such as for first aid and safeguarding. However, she has not kept her knowledge of safeguarding fully up to date or given due regard to following guidance. This has not, however, put children's safety at risk in the short term. Overall, the manager reflects on and evaluates her practice well to assess and support staff training needs sufficiently. During recent staff changes, the manager has ensured she has enough staff on site. However, at times, she does not check the movements of children around the premises to ensure staff are deployed well to continually support children of all ages. The manager ensures staff know how to identify and report any concerns they may have about a child's welfare to protect them from harm. Safeguarding is effective.

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Quality of teaching, learning and assessment is good

The manager supports and encourages her staff as they extend their training to continue to raise the quality of teaching across the pre-school. Staff observe what children can do, know them well, and plan activities that challenge the children's communication skills, thinking and physical skills. For example, staff encourage children to reflect upon and describe problems they encounter and children begin to think of ways to solve problems themselves. Staff constantly engage children in animated conversations where they model and extend children's understanding and use of new words.

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Personal development, behaviour and welfare require improvement

The manager does not fully support children's well-being as there are gaps in her knowledge of safeguarding. Staff effectively nurture the older children towards increasing levels of independence. For example, older children skilfully help to serve and clear away food and plates at snack time. They put on their own coats and shoes, and learn to wash their hands thoroughly to minimise the transfer of germs. However, staff set general steps for settling young children into the pre-school and, on occasion, they are not effective in adapting activities to fully include the youngest children.

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Outcomes for children are good

All children are well prepared for their moves to school. They confidently use a good range of skills and are well prepared emotionally for the change. For instance, children listen carefully as they follow instructions and take turns in conversations with adults. They speak politely and clearly. Children enjoy using numbers in their play. Some skilfully work out how to add on or take one away, while other high achievers enthusiastically transfer their adding up to written sums with symbols. Children are adept at handling and controlling different small tools such as paint brushes, scissors and pencils.

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Setting details

Unique reference number EY415087 Local authority Hampshire Inspection number 1085927 Type of provision Full-time provision Day care type Childcare - Non-Domestic Registers Early Years Register, Compulsory Childcare Register Age range of children 2 - 4 Total number of places 38 Number of children on roll 34 Name of registered person Old Basing Pre-School Limited

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Date of previous inspection 26 January 2015 Telephone number 07979 321 638

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Old Basing Pre-School Ltd registered in 2010. The pre-school operates from Old Basing village hall, near Basingstoke in Hampshire. The pre-school is open Monday to Friday, from 9am to 3pm, during school term times. The pre-school is in receipt of funding for the provision of free early education to children aged two, three and four years. There are currently three members of staff working with the children, two of whom hold appropriate qualifications at level 3.

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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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