Willen Preschool

Willen Preschool Willen Pavilion, Portland Drive, Willen, Milton Keynes, MK15 9LP

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Inspection date

Previous inspection date 17 July 2017 24 February 2017

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Effectiveness of the leadership and management Requires improvement Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Requires improvement Personal development, behaviour and welfare Requires improvement Outcomes for children Requires improvement

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This provision requires improvement. It is not yet good because:

 Staff do not promote children’s behaviour effectively. They do not teach children ways to manage their feelings and help them to understand the reasons why rules are in place, to help them to develop positive social skills.  The quality of teaching varies between the staff. Some staff miss chances to support children’s learning and develop their thinking and language skills effectively. Not all children reach typical levels of development before their move to school.  The manager does not evaluate the provision fully to provide consistently good-quality care and learning for children. However, she has met actions since the last inspection.

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It has the following strengths

 Staff provide a suitable variety of experiences to motivate and engage children in play and learning.  Staff form positive partnerships with parents and children’s new teachers. Staff ensure they share important information with everyone involved with children's care and learning to support continuity in their care and smooth transitions to school.  The manager ensures that staff attend training to keep their knowledge and skills up to date. Staff share and implement their learning, which has helped to improve planning for children’s progress. For example, staff plan experiences for children to learn more about nature and improved the environment for those that prefer to learn outdoors.

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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

 improve staff's understanding of behaviour management and to help children to learn the behaviours expected from them to prepare them better for their moves to school 15/09/2017

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 increase staff's skills and understanding of how to extend children's learning, in particular their communication and language skills, to raise teaching to a consistently good level. 15/09/2017

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To further improve the quality of the early years provision the provider should:

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 use self-evaluation to help to identify all areas that require improvement and act on these promptly to raise the quality of the provision and outcomes for children.

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Inspection activities

 The inspector observed children's activities indoors and outdoors.  The inspector undertook a joint observation with the manager.  The inspector had discussions with the children, staff and the manager.  The inspector took account of the views of parents spoken to on the day of the inspection and through written feedback.  The inspector looked at a range of relevant documentation relating to safeguarding and staff suitability, as well as policies, procedures and progress records.

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Effectiveness of the leadership and management requires improvement

The manager has actively sought help from other professionals and made suitable progress towards the actions raised in the last inspection. However, the manager's changes have not taken full effect to support all children to make good progress. Safeguarding is effective. The manager ensures that staff have a good understanding of what to do if they have a concern about a child's welfare. She uses appropriate recruitment procedures to check staff's suitability to work with children. She deploys staff adequately to help to keep children safe. The manager has improved her procedures to induct the new staff team to help them understand their roles and responsibilities. She meets with staff regularly to monitor their progress and to identify any further support they might need.

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Quality of teaching, learning and assessment requires improvement

Some staff do not consistently interact with children effectively to support their developing language and thinking skills. For example, some staff ask children lots of questions and tell them the answers, without giving them the time they need to think and answer for themselves. Not all children develop good language skills before they move to school, including those who speak English as an additional language. Since the last inspection, staff have increased the availability of resources so that children can make more choices in their play. They challenge children to make their own shapes and teach them the names of shapes, such as 'semi-circle', which helps to develop their mathematical skills. Staff form close relationships with parents and share suitable information about their child's learning and next stages in development. Parents make positive comments about the setting and state that their children are happy and settled in the pre-school.

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Personal development, behaviour and welfare require improvement

Children explore the environment with confidence. However, they do not all understand how to share and take turns and they do not follow rules, such as 'no running in the room'. Staff do not help children to develop social and emotional skills that are typical before they move to school. Staff help children to begin to learn about the importance of leading a healthy lifestyle. For example, children enjoy spending most of their day playing outside. They challenge their physical skills and use all of their strength to learn to pedal a bicycle. Staff follow their interests by taking some of the sensory activities they have enjoyed indoors into the garden for children to explore.

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Outcomes for children require improvement

Some children do not progress as well in some areas of learning due to variations in the quality of teaching. Nevertheless, all children develop some of the skills they need in readiness for school. For example, they develop independence skills. Children learn to dress themselves and serve their own snacks. They learn to use new tools safely, such as scissors.

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Setting details

Unique reference number EY387996 Local authority Milton Keynes Inspection number 1086701 Type of provision Sessional provision Day care type Childcare - Non-Domestic Registers Early Years Register Age range of children 2 - 5 Total number of places 30 Number of children on roll 40 Name of registered person Willen Pre-School Committee

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Date of previous inspection 24 February 2017 Telephone number 07545 549 998

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Willen Preschool registered in 2008 and it operates from the Willen Pavilion in Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire. The pre-school is open each weekday during school term times, from 9.15am to 11.45am and 12.15pm to 2.45pm on Monday, Wednesday and Thursday, and from 9.15pm to 1pm on Tuesday and Friday. It is also open from 11.45am to 12.15pm on Monday, Wednesday and Thursday for lunch. There are four members of staff. The manager has a relevant qualification at level 4, two staff have a qualification at level 3 and one member of staff has 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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