Arthur Dye Little Learners

Arthur Dye Little Learners Springbank Road, Springbank, CHELTENHAM, Gloucestershire, GL51 0PR

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Inspection date

Previous inspection date 15 May 2017 19 January 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 Good 2

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This provision is good

 The manager supervises staff well and seeks professional development opportunities to enhance teaching skills and benefit children. For instance, following a recent course on how to help develop children's early writing skills, staff added tweezers and one-handed tools to the play space to encourage muscle development and finger control.  Staff use their good knowledge of children's learning and development to plan well to meet children's needs. All children, including those who speak English as an additional language, make good progress.  The manager and staff provide stimulating environments with readily accessible resources. Children are confident in making choices about how they want to learn and what they want to play with.  Partnerships with parents are strong. Staff help parents understand what children are learning and how they can help. For example, parents come into the setting, get involved in activities with their children and talk with key persons about possible next

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It is not yet outstanding because:

 On occasion, staff miss opportunities to support and encourage the involvement of younger children in large-group activities.  Staff miss chances to enhance children's use and understanding of mathematical language and skills when playing and 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

 support staff in identifying ways to encourage younger children to join in fully and make the most of group activities, in order to enhance their learning experience  make the most of everyday opportunities to extend children's mathematical learning, in order to help them acquire new skills.

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Inspection activities

 The inspector observed the quality of teaching indoors and outdoors.  The inspector took into account the views of parents spoken to on the day.  The inspector carried out a joint observation with the manager.  The inspector spoke with the manager, staff and children at appropriate times during the inspection.  The inspector looked at samples of paperwork, including risk assessments, policies and procedures, and children's records.

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Effectiveness of the leadership and management is good

The manager reviews the provision and uses feedback from staff, parents and children to make positive changes. For example, from the recent questionnaire, parents commented on the variety of snacks for the children, and the manager is looking at how this can be enhanced. Staff know how to keep children safe and act to minimise risks. For example, they make sure that the resources accessible to the younger children are age appropriate. Arrangements for safeguarding are effective. All staff know what may make a child vulnerable and how to act on concerns about a child's welfare. They are confident about how to protect children.

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Quality of teaching, learning and assessment is good

The quality of teaching is good. For instance, staff help children recognise words, days of the week and seasons as they complete the weather board. Staff provide opportunities for children to create and learn about nature. For example, older children examine toy insects and then make clay models of them. Staff encourage children's interest in reading and thinking. For example, they share a favourite story about a caterpillar and ask children to predict what happens next. They add to this experience, for instance, by having real caterpillars for the children to look after, which they then see turn into butterflies. Children use their imagination well, such as when they decide to make tea for the staff in the role play kitchen.

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Personal development, behaviour and welfare are good

Children show care and concern for living things. For instance, they are keen to protect the woodlouse and spider they find near a puddle. They pick them up carefully and move them to a safer spot near the sand tray. Children learn about their similarities and differences. For example, they bring in special items from home to show their friends, talk about their families, and share in celebrations with songs and blowing out the candles on a cake. Staff prepare children well for changes and for the move into school. For example, they take children to play on the school playground, and use the school fields and nature area. Older children visit the Reception class to meet the teacher and share story time with the school children.

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Outcomes for children are good

Children show excitement and curiosity. For example, they eagerly explore what happens when they pour water onto the dry mud and find it creates lovely muddy puddles to splash in. Older children are encouraged to have a go. For instance, staff offer praise and guidance as children put on waterproof trousers and fasten their coats. Younger children show good concentration and perseverance when they continue to try to build a tower with the large domino tiles, even after it has fallen down.

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Setting details

Unique reference number EY318442 Local authority Gloucestershire Inspection number 1092555 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 - 5 Total number of places 24 Number of children on roll 52 Name of registered person Arthur Dye Little Learners Committee

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Date of previous inspection 19 January 2015 Telephone number 07923 483 905

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Arthur Dye Little Learners registered in 2005. It is situated in the grounds of Springbank Primary Academy, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire. The playgroup is open on weekdays during term time and pre-school children attend during the mornings from 8.45am until 11.45am. Sessions are available on Monday, Wednesday and Thursday afternoons for children aged two and three years, between 12.30pm and 3pm. There is a team of six staff. Of these, three are qualified at level 3 and three are qualified at level 2. The playgroup is in receipt of funding to provide 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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