Poppies Preschool

Poppies Preschool Scouts Hut, Brickfield Lane, Eastleigh, Hampshire, SO53 4DP

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Inspection date

Previous inspection date 7 July 2017 Not applicable

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This inspection: Outstanding 1

Effectiveness of the leadership and management Outstanding 1

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This inspection: Outstanding 1

Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Outstanding 1

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This inspection: Outstanding 1

Personal development, behaviour and welfare Outstanding 1

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This provision is outstanding

 The managers combine their excellent understanding of how children learn with their very well developed leadership skills to continuously support and develop all staff. This helps staff to plan a range of highly creative activities that encourages children to use their explorative and independence skills.  Staff use their excellent teaching skills to provide children with a very rich and stimulating environment. Children are extremely enthusiastic learners. They are inquisitive and play cooperatively with each other, concentrating on being successful.  Staff encourage children extremely well to use their imagination. For instance, children have immense fun as they practise movements, such as wobbling like a jellyfish and stretching out to the side like a starfish.  Children have very high levels of behaviour and confidence. For example, they willingly talk about the activities and the routines of the pre-school with visitors. Older children

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This provision is outstanding

develop a significantly positive level of respect and care for others who may be younger or need additional support.  Partnerships with parents are excellent. Parents are involved very significantly with the care and progress their children make. They are very proud and keep scrapbooks about their children's learning at the setting and at home.  The relationships between staff at the setting and other early years professionals, including schools the children attend, are excellent. All children make exceptional progress from their individual starting points and are extremely well prepared for their next stage in 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

 continue to work in close partnership with parents to ensure they remain extremely confident in the progress their children make.

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Inspection activities

 The inspector observed the children at play inside and outside, and talked with the children about their activities.  The inspector held discussions with the manager in relation to observations of children's learning and assessed the impact this has on their progress.  The inspector looked at a range of documentation, including suitability checks, qualifications and children's records.  The inspector held discussions with parents and staff.  Children and the management team provided the inspector with a tour of the setting and explained the activities, routines and expectations.

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Effectiveness of the leadership and management is outstanding

The managers are extremely experienced and highly motivated with very high expectations. They encourage staff and constantly challenge them to maintain the excellent high standards. The managers identify additional training and provide highly effective support with very close monitoring of the staff's impressive knowledge and practice. They skilfully evaluate the quality of the pre-school together and routinely review children's progress to ensure any learning gaps are swiftly closed with excellent teaching support. They are very keen to ensure parents continue to have confidence in the progress their children make. Staff ensure they have the relevant knowledge and skills to support children who have special educational needs to achieve their potential. Safeguarding is effective. The manager places a high priority on ensuring staff's knowledge is up to date and all staff have a thorough and comprehensive understanding

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Effectiveness of the leadership and management is outstanding

of where to seek help for any concerns regarding children's welfare or safety.

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Quality of teaching, learning and assessment is outstanding

All staff talk extremely confidently about their key children and their next steps for learning. They expertly extend and develop children's enthusiasm and own ideas in their learning. For example, when children ask to play with the 'magic potion' bottles, staff provide a broad range of materials for them to use, including leaves, soil, flower heads, foam, toy mice and sparkly jewelled water. The activities thoroughly engage and motivate all children. For example, in the water play children excitedly fill jugs and tip the water down pipes to float their coloured boats. They enthusiastically use numbers, and talk about colours and why the boats float.

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Personal development, behaviour and welfare are outstanding

Children have excellent relationships with all staff and the other children. They settle quickly, which helps them to be extremely happy and resilient learners. For example, in small language groups children are encouraged to listen very carefully and to answer questions, with staff making excellent use of toys to help extend and support their learning. When children are shy, staff skilfully help them to overcome their lack of confidence. For instance, staff talk sensitively and softly, and celebrate with them when children achieve. Children manage their own behaviour exceptionally well. For example, they choose a sand timer to help them take turns on the tree swing and help younger children by suggesting playing catch as they wait their turn.

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Outcomes for children are outstanding

Children talk with exceptional confidence to express their ideas and ask questions. They have an excellent interest in books and are very keen to bring books from home to support a current topic. They love to hear their story read to the group. Older children are highly confident when they write their names. Children's mathematical language skills and problem-solving abilities are extremely well developed. Children develop an increasingly excellent knowledge of how to keep themselves healthy. For example, they all feel their heartbeat before they dance and recognise it beats much faster afterwards.

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Setting details

Unique reference number EY489966 Local authority Hampshire Inspection number 1016755 Type of provision Full-time provision Day care type Childcare - Non-Domestic Registers Early Years Register Age range of children 2 - 4 Total number of places 36 Number of children on roll 46 Name of registered person Poppies Preschool Hq Limited

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reference number

Date of previous inspection Not applicable Telephone number 07917 033548

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Poppies Preschool registered in 2015. The provision operates from a scout hall in Eastleigh. The pre-school is open five days a week, during term time only, from 9.15am to 2.15pm. The provider is in receipt of funding for children aged two, three and four years. There are 11 staff working with the children; of these, eight have early years qualifications from level 3 to level 7.

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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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