Whaddon Under Fives Playschool

Whaddon Under Fives Playschool Jubilee Hall, Stock Lane, Whaddon, Milton Keynes, MK17 0LS

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Inspection date

Previous inspection date 10 July 2017 18 March 2013

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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

 Staff provide a wide range of interesting learning experiences for all children, indoors and outdoors. Children are enthusiastic learners who make consistently good progress.  The manager accurately monitors each child's progress. She quickly identifies children who may need extra support to achieve well and works effectively with colleagues, parents and other professionals to ensure they receive the help that they need.  Staff provide a caring and nurturing environment for all children. Children show that they feel settled and secure at the friendly and welcoming playschool and that they are very happy to be there.  Children are developing into confident and independent young people. They make decisions about what to do and where to play, and learn to take care of their own personal needs and to handle resources carefully.  Children develop a good understanding of themselves as individuals and members of

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This provision is good

their community. For example, they confidently talk about their lives and their families, and enjoy walks and trips in the local community.

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It is not yet outstanding because:

 The manager's monitoring of staff practice does not consistently support them to further develop their already good teaching skills.

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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

 focus performance management systems more precisely on the monitoring of teaching and raise skills to a higher level.

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Inspection activities

 The inspector observed children and staff indoors and outdoors.  The inspector carried out a joint observation with the deputy manager.  The inspector spoke to staff about their understanding of child protection, safeguarding and first aid.  The inspector spoke to parents and children, and took account of their views.  The inspector looked at documentation, including policies and children's records.

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Effectiveness of the leadership and management is good

Safeguarding is effective. The provider and manager take suitable steps to ensure the suitability of those that they employ to work with children. Staff understand their responsibility to safeguard children and know how to raise any concerns about their welfare. The manager works with other staff to review the quality of the provision and the progress of children. She then uses this information well to make further improvements, such as by providing a wider range of activities to encourage children to practise their early writing skills. Staff attend training to help update their skills, overall. For example, staff now offer further outdoor learning experiences.

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Quality of teaching, learning and assessment is good

Staff make good use of their observations and assessments of each child's progress to plan experiences that children will enjoy. Children show that they are keen to take part in all that is on offer. Staff encourage children to use their developing mathematical skills. For example, they count how many children have joined them for an activity and then to find the matching numerals. They work well with children to explore how things change. For example, children enjoy chipping away at melting ice to uncover the hidden toy animals inside and staff discuss with them why the ice is melting. Staff provide opportunities for children to build on their early literacy skills, such as listening to and talking about stories and to recognise their own names.

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Personal development, behaviour and welfare are good

Staff successfully help children to enjoy the benefits of a healthy lifestyle. For example, children help to choose the healthy snacks that will be offered each week. Children have plenty of opportunities for energetic, outdoor play. Staff provide clear boundaries about acceptable behaviour and children show a good, developing understanding of these. Staff supervise children well and teach them about personal safety. For example, children show that they understand about road safety when out on walks in the local community. Children show good levels of well-being.

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Outcomes for children are good

Children gain a secure set of skills that prepares them well for their future learning and the move to school. They learn to feel valued and to value others. For example, children and staff come together each morning to sing a song and welcome each other by name. Children learn to value what makes them special and unique. For example, they enjoy looking at pictures of their families and talk about what they are good at doing. They learn about their own and other cultures to help develop an understanding of diversity, such as when celebrating different festivals and visiting the local church.

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Setting details

Unique reference number 131140 Local authority Buckinghamshire Inspection number 1061353 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 24 Number of children on roll 29 Name of registered person Whaddon Under Fives Playschool Committee

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Date of previous inspection 18 March 2013 Telephone number 01908749918

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Whaddon Under Fives Playschool registered in 1997 and is situated in Whaddon, near Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire. It is open from 9.30am to 2pm on Mondays and Thursdays and from 9.30am to 12.30pm on Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Fridays, during term time only. The provider employs four members of staff, three of whom hold appropriate qualifications at level 3. The provider is in receipt of funding to provide free early years education to children aged two, three and four years.

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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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