All Saints Preschool

All Saints Preschool Church Street, Old Glossop, Glossop, Derbyshire, SK13 7RJ

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Inspection date

Previous inspection date 11 May 2017 16 May 2014

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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

 The quality of teaching is good and sometimes outstanding. Staff skilfully engage children in activities. Children are developing good listening and speaking skills.  Children are consistently well behaved for their ages and know what is expected of them. Staff help them to understand how to share and the importance of using good manners.  Staff work hard to establish a good quality service. Parents speak highly of the information shared with them and of the care and fun activities provided for children.  Self-evaluation is undertaken and clear targets for future development are identified. The management team have ambitious improvement plans for the pre-school's success. They have recently introduced many changes and have started to evaluate the positive impact of these on children.  Children are motivated by a stimulating, well-resourced environment, both indoors and outdoors, that effectively promotes their independent learning. Children are

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This provision is good

enthusiastic learners who confidently pursue their own interests.

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It is not yet outstanding because:

 Systems to compare the progress of different groups of children are not yet fully embedded to provide a sharp focus in raising attainment even further.  Staff do not obtain enough detailed information from parents about their child's stage of development when they first attend the pre-school.

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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

 embed systems for comparing the progress of different groups of children to help identify where the provision can be improved even further and help children make the best possible progress  gather even more detailed information from parents about what their children know and can do at the start of their placement.

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Inspection activities

 The inspector looked at a range of documentation, including policies and procedures, staff suitability checks and the pre-school's self-evaluation.  The inspector carried out a joint observation with the manager.  The inspector held discussions with the manager, staff, children and parents.  The inspector observed teaching practices and the impact these have on children's learning.  The inspector sampled children's development information and records.

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Effectiveness of the leadership and management is good

The arrangements for safeguarding are effective. All staff know how to identify any possible concerns about a child's welfare and report these to the relevant agencies. The manager monitors individual children's progress effectively. She ensures support is quickly put in place for any children who have gaps in their progress. However, she has not yet embedded methods to monitor the progress of different groups of children. Good use is made of additional funding to support disadvantaged children. This includes new road safety resources to support children in learning to stay safe. The impact of the funding is carefully measured to ensure it is used to best effect. Staff develop their skills and raise the quality of teaching even higher through staff supervisions, meetings, training and reflection on one another's practice.

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Quality of teaching, learning and assessment is good

Children are happy in the pre-school. Staff make good use of their assessments of children's development to plan a broad range of play-based experiences that children find interesting and challenging. All children make consistently good progress. Staff support children's early mathematical and literacy skills effectively throughout the daily activities. The older and most-able children are learning to write their own names correctly and recognise the sounds letters make. Staff encourage children to talk about what the pictures on the road safety signs mean. They give children the time they need to process the question and reply. Children enjoy pretending to mend the hole in the road using a variety of tools. They remind each other about being careful and not falling into the hole.

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Personal development, behaviour and welfare are good

Staff get to know individual children extremely well. Children share strong emotional attachments with staff. All children have opportunities to learn how to keep themselves safe. They use knives safely when they cut up grapes, bananas and strawberries for their snack. Children understand the importance of good hygiene practices and skilfully attend to their own care needs. They have opportunities to develop their physical skills. Children enjoy using the outdoor area and visiting the local park.

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Outcomes for children are good

All children develop a range of skills that support them in readiness for school. Children learn to be considerate, share and take turns. They play alongside each other and strengthen their social skills. Children enjoy songs, joining in with familiar refrains. They are proud to sing the songs they are practising for a party in the park which will take place at the end of term to celebrate their graduation to school.

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Setting details

Unique reference number 206706 Local authority Derbyshire Inspection number 1087640 Type of provision Sessional 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 18 Number of children on roll 23 Name of registered person All Saints Pre-School (Glossop)

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Date of previous inspection 16 May 2014 Telephone number 07549464963

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All Saints Preschool was registered in 1998. The pre-school opens Monday to Friday from 9am until midday and 12.30pm until 3.30pm during term time only. It employs four members of childcare staff, one of whom holds a childcare qualification at level 5, two at level 3 and one at level 2. The pre-school receives funding for free 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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