Little Crickets Pre School

Little Crickets Pre School Bridgwater Cricket Club, The Parks, Durleigh Road, BRIDGWATER, Somerset, TA6 7HR

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Inspection date

Previous inspection date 11 July 2017 18 October 2016

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This inspection: Good 2

Previous inspection: Requires Improvement

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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 are kind and reassuring. Children respond positively to them and settle quickly to play on arrival. Staff support children's emotional well-being effectively.  Staff get to know children well and plan activities from their interests that motivate their learning and help them make good progress.  Children interact happily with each other and make good friendships. Staff encourage children to share, be kind and respect the needs of others.  The management team has worked well with staff to evaluate practice and make good improvements since the last inspection. For example, it now has more structured staff meetings that have helped staff have a better understanding of supporting children's individual needs.  Staff form positive partnerships with parents. Staff liaise regularly with parents and give good support to help them with their child's specific needs.

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It is not yet outstanding because:

 Although the management team monitors individual children's progress well, they do not monitor the achievements of different groups of children as well as possible, to help them to consistently identify and close any gaps in children's learning and support their progress further  At times, noise levels are high and staff do not organise all parts of the session effectively, to consistently support children's concentration and give more warning to changes in their free play.

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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

 improve the systems for monitoring children's achievements, to identify how different groups of children learn and progress best, to close gaps in their learning more effectively  improve the organisation of the session to fully support all children's concentration, and reduce noise levels and interruptions to their play.

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Inspection activities

 The inspector observed children's play indoors and outdoors.  The inspector viewed documentation, such as operational policies, procedures and records, including those for staff suitability.  The inspector completed a joint observation with the registered person.  The inspector took into account the written and spoken views of parents.  The inspector viewed the pre-school's improvement plan and discussed evaluation with the registered person.

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Effectiveness of the leadership and management is good

Safeguarding is effective. The management team keeps staff up to date with changes in safeguarding legislation to help them understand their responsibilities to protect children's welfare. The management team makes good use of online research to develop staff's knowledge and gain ideas to improve practice. For instance, this has developed staff's awareness of school readiness and has helped them improve how they work with parents to get their child ready for school. The management team follows appropriate recruitment and employment systems to assess staff's continuing suitability and keep required records up to date and accessible for inspection. Staff form friendly relationships with parents and regularly share information about children's activities with them and other providers that children attend, to maintain continuity in children's experiences.

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Quality of teaching, learning and assessment is good

Staff provide good opportunities for children to develop their imagination in play. For example, older children pretend there is a dinosaur in an imaginary lake and tell staff it makes 'big, stompy noises'. Younger children become engrossed in acting out their experiences with small-world toys or in the home-play corner. They put the play food into the toy cooker and tell staff they are making a special chicken pie. Staff encourage children's communication and understanding of the world effectively. For instance, children are keen to join in practical outdoor activities and hunt for 'mini beasts'. Older children talk confidently to staff about their animal puppets. They explain where an elephant or dog might live and how elephants use their trunks to drink water.

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Personal development, behaviour and welfare are good

Staff provide exciting opportunities for children to develop their physical strength and coordination. For example, older children concentrate well as they work together to move the parachute up, down, slowly and then quickly. They laugh excitedly as they run underneath it. Younger children enthusiastically push themselves around on the ride-on toys. Staff actively encourage children to learn how to keep safe. For instance, children enjoyed learning about people who help us when the emergency services visited. Staff continue evaluating practice to make improvements. For example, they have introduced changes to snack time to help promote children's social and independence skills.

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Outcomes for children are good

Children gain good skills that prepare them well for going to school. They develop good independence skills, for instance, as they butter their toast and pour their drinks at snack time. Children learn to be helpful and work together to carry a box of toys as they help staff to tidy up. They understand simple instructions from an action song. For example, they reach up to point to the sky, down to touch the ground and then turn right around.

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Setting details

Unique reference number EY456172 Local authority Somerset Inspection number 1076845 Type of provision Full-time provision Day care type Childcare - Non-Domestic Registers Early Years Register, Compulsory Childcare Register Age range of children 2 - 8 Total number of places 28 Number of children on roll 47 Name of registered person Rebecca Louise Eades

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Date of previous inspection 18 October 2016 Telephone number 07930 575016

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Little Crickets Pre School registered in 2012. This privately owned pre-school operates from Bridgwater Cricket Club in Bridgewater, Somerset. The pre-school is open on Monday to Thursday from 8.15am until 4pm, for 48 weeks of the year. It receives funding to provide free early education for children aged three and four years. The owner holds an early years qualification at level 5. She employs a manager who holds an early years qualification at level 4 and five members of staff. Of whom, two hold an early years qualification at level 3 and two hold a qualification at level 2.

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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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