Jelly Tots Pre-School Playgroup

Jelly Tots Pre-School Playgroup Church House, Bagot Street, Abbots Bromley, Rugeley, Staffordshire, WS15 3DA

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Inspection date

Previous inspection date 15 May 2017 5 May 2015

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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 Requires improvement Personal development, behaviour and welfare Inadequate 4

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This inspection: Inadequate 4

Outcomes for children Requires improvement

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This provision is inadequate

 The provider fails to take effective action to ensure that staff and committee members are suitable to work with or have responsibility for children. Staff whose suitability has not been checked appropriately work unsupervised with children.  Members of the committee are not clear about their responsibilities and they are unsure of policies and procedures. Ofsted have not been given the information needed to complete suitability checks on committee members.  Staff do not always promote children's good health. Handwashing arrangements are not good enough to reduce the risk of cross contamination or infection.  The manager has not established appropriate ways to observe and identify weaknesses in teaching. Consequently, the quality of teaching is too variable to ensure children always make good progress in their learning.  The manager has not identified weaknesses in the assessment arrangements, which

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This provision is inadequate

means staff do not always have a highly accurate picture of children's achievements on which to base their planning.

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It has the following strengths

 Staff place a strong focus on helping children develop secure attachments. Consequently, children are happy, settled and enjoy attending.  Staff work with parents to foster a collaborative approach to children's care.

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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

 ensure that appropriate recruitment and vetting systems are established, this must include obtaining and recording information from the required Disclosure and Barring Service check 05/06/2017

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 provide Ofsted with the information they need in order to complete suitability checks on all members of the committee and staff who work with the children 05/06/2017

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 ensure that all committee members have a clear understanding of their roles and responsibilities to enable them to fulfil their leadership and management duties effectively 05/06/2017

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 ensure that those whose suitability have not been checked appropriately, do not work unsupervised with children 16/05/2017

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 put in place suitable handwashing arrangements to minimise the risk of cross contamination or infection 16/05/2017

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 improve the arrangements for performance management of staff to identify strengths and weakness in teaching practice and to ensure that staff offer good quality learning and development experiences for all children 19/06/2017

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Due Date

 improve the arrangements for assessment to target any gaps in children's learning more effectively and improve outcomes for all children. 19/06/2017

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Inspection activities

 The inspector observed the quality of teaching during activities indoors and outside.  The inspector spoke with staff, children, parents and members of the committee.  The inspector looked at relevant documentation, such as evidence of the suitability of staff.  The inspector completed a joint observation with the manager.

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Effectiveness of the leadership and management is inadequate

The arrangements for safeguarding are not effective. The required checks to establish the suitability of staff who work unsupervised with children have not been completed. Although Disclosure and Barring Service check numbers have been obtained, these have not been verified appropriately. Ofsted has not been provided with information regarding a member of the committee. Therefore, the required checks have not been completed. Appropriate policies and procedures are in place. However, some committee members do not have a suitable understanding of these and they are not clear about their responsibilities. The manager has introduced systems to help support staff performance. However, she does not evaluate and monitor teaching effectively in order to identity strengths or weaknesses in staff practice.

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Quality of teaching, learning and assessment requires improvement

The methods of assessment and tracking children's progress have not been embedded effectively enough to quickly identify any unexpected changes in their development. Staff do not always use the information they gain from their assessment of children's progress precisely enough to plan accurately for children's next steps in learning. As a result, the quality of teaching is not consistent and children do not always make good progress in their learning. That said, key persons do know their children well. Staff play alongside children as they investigate and explore the learning environment, which is well laid out. Children enjoy playing with small-word figures and this provides opportunities for them to use their imagination. Staff interact warmly and encourage the children to think as they play together with a pirate ship and small-world figures. They ask the children what an anchor does and they respond, 'It stops the ship moving'. This shows they are beginning

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Personal development, behaviour and welfare are inadequate

Children's overall welfare and safety is compromised because of weaknesses relating to leadership and management. In addition, staff do not always adopt suitable handwashing routines with children. This is because children are encouraged to share a communal bowl of soapy water to wash their hands in before eating snack. Staff help children to learn about ways that help to keep them safe when crossing roads. Children enjoy opportunities to run around on a local playing field. They are developing their physical skills as they play ball games and make movements with ribbons. Children's behaviour is good. They learn to accept boundaries and play well with their friends.

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Outcomes for children require improvement

Weaknesses in teaching and monitoring mean that children do not always benefit from opportunities that help them make consistently good progress. Nevertheless, they are developing the skills needed in readiness for moving on to nursery or school. Children are learning to share and take turns with their peers. Children show an awareness of the initial letter sounds of their names and can identify numbers from one to five.

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Setting details

Unique reference number 218078 Local authority Staffordshire Inspection number 1090015 Type of provision Sessional provision Day care type Childcare - Non-Domestic Registers Early Years Register Age range of children 2 - 4 Total number of places 17 Number of children on roll 12 Name of registered person Abbots Bromley Pre-School Playgroup Committee

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reference number

Date of previous inspection 5 May 2015 Telephone number 07939 189140

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Jelly Tots Pre-School Playgroup registered 1998. The playgroup is open Monday to Friday from 9.15am to 12.15pm during term time. The playgroup provides funded early education for two-, three- and four-year-old children. There are four members of staff employed. Of these, two hold early years professional status and one holds an appropriate qualification 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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