Precious Play Days

Precious Play Days Trinity Methodist Church, Whippendell Road, WATFORD, WD18 7NN

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Inspection date

Previous inspection date 10 May 2017 18 March 2015

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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 Outstanding 1

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This provision is good

 Staff are extremely dedicated to meeting children's needs and expertly promote their personal requirements, cultures and home languages. Children swiftly settle and form exceptionally strong bonds with staff and peers. They are happy and very comfortable.  Staff and parents work in very successful partnerships to target the diverse needs of children. The manager, staff and parents closely track children's progress and swiftly link with external professionals to ensure children's specific needs are promptly met.  The manager provides highly effective supervision meetings, in-house support and training for staff. All staff benefit from ongoing professional development and are very confident of their duties, roles and responsibilities.  Assessments of children's skills are effectively completed by staff, who understand their next steps in learning and development. The manager competently monitors

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This provision is good

educational programmes, assessments and teaching. Children make good progress.  Staff plan activities based on their secure knowledge of children's needs and interests. Younger children build structures together in the garden, using large foam blocks. Older children create constructions on the light table, using small coloured pebbles. Children are challenged, engaged and interested. They develop their skills well.

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It is not yet outstanding because:

 Staff do not consistently share detailed information about children's progress with other settings they attend, in order to enable a highly collaborative approach to children's learning.

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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

 strengthen the links with other settings that children attend, in order to exchange more detailed information about their learning and help them to make the best possible progress.

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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 to staff and children at appropriate times during the inspection.  The inspector completed joint observations with the room leaders and manager.  The inspector held meetings with the manager. She discussed the pre-school's self- evaluation process and looked at the relevant documentation, such as evidence of the suitability of staff working at the setting.  The inspector spoke to parents during the inspection and took account of their views in written feedback.

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Effectiveness of the leadership and management is good

The arrangements for safeguarding are effective. The manager ensures the suitability of staff through regular checks. Staff understand their duty to protect children and attend regular child protection and safeguarding training. They know the signs of abuse and processes for referrals, should any concerns arise. Policies are in line with current legislation and are shared with staff and parents, who actively contribute to the setting's strong reflective practice. Staff ensure children are safe by constantly risk assessing play areas, routines and activities. They analyse ways to invest additional funding received for children to improve the opportunities they have to learn and develop their skills.

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Quality of teaching, learning and assessment is good

Qualified staff provide children with play opportunities across all areas of learning. Children explore the fastest ways to melt ice, with salt, warm water or by breaking it into smaller pieces. There is a number of children who speak English as an additional language and staff expertly target their language development. They effectively use prompts, sign language, visual aids and children's home language to teach them English. Children who need additional support benefit from staff's skilful ability to adapt teaching. Young children learn to sing songs, while dancing and clapping. Older children play and develop skills as they wash dolls' clothes and hang them on a washing line. Teaching is good and staff effectively provide children with hands-on learning experiences.

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Personal development, behaviour and welfare are outstanding

Staff are expert in welcoming children to the pre-school and work extremely well with parents and other providers to exchange detailed information about children's well-being. The manager knows the needs of the local community. She astutely provides parents with information about childhood health, safeguarding and about local children's centres. Children's physical well-being, independence in self-care and understanding of health and personal hygiene is promoted extremely well. The manager and staff's utmost priority is to sensitively tailor support to the varied backgrounds of children, who develop excellent social skills. Children build very strong friendships and behave exceptionally well. Their understanding about personal safety is promoted very effectively in play and activities.

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Outcomes for children are good

Children learn through play. Younger children imitate actions, make sounds and sing songs while learning about animals. Older children wind thread in bobbins, then create structures by balancing bobbins on top of each other. Children benefit from the good balance of structured activities, child-led play and from staff's targeted and creative teaching. They access toys and a variety of activities. Children learn and develop skills at a good pace, across all areas of learning, in preparation for school.

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Setting details

Unique reference number EY463058 Local authority Hertfordshire Inspection number 1095434 Type of provision Sessional provision Day care type Childcare - Non-Domestic Registers Early Years Register, Compulsory Childcare Register Age range of children 2 - 5 Total number of places 55 Number of children on roll 47 Name of registered person Precious Play Days Limited

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Date of previous inspection 18 March 2015 Telephone number 01923231614

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Precious Play Days pre-school registered in 2013. The pre-school employs 14 members of childcare staff. Of these, seven hold appropriate early years qualifications at levels 2, 3 or 5 and one staff member holds early years professional status. The pre-school opens Monday to Friday, during term-time only. Sessions are from 9.30am to 1.30pm from Monday to Thursday and from 9.30am to 12.30pm on Friday. 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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