Barn Owls

Barn Owls Pirrie Park Bowling Club, 78a Wilton Crescent, Southampton, SO15 7QE

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Inspection date

Previous inspection date 12 July 2017 Not applicable

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Effectiveness of the leadership and management Requires improvement Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good 2

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Personal development, behaviour and welfare Requires improvement Outcomes for children Good 2

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

 The newly registered provider does not have a completely clear understanding of the safeguarding and welfare requirements, although this does not have a significant effect on children’s care. Her recruitment and vetting procedures are not fully effective.  The provider’s induction methods for all the staff is variable, depending on their role and responsibilities. Not all staff caring for children have a fully up-to-date knowledge and understanding of child protection. These breaches do not meet the Childcare Register requirements.  The provider’s arrangements for sharing all information with parents are not thorough enough.  The teaching of two-year-old children is not highly effective compared to that for the older children.

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It has the following strengths

 The provider and staff have a clear understanding of early education and planning activities and resources that are age-appropriate, engaging and exciting for children.  Children consistently show eagerness, confidence and motivation in their play activities. All children, including those who have special educational needs, make good progress in their learning.  Relationships with parents and families are strong. A well-embedded key-person approach helps children settle, and quickly feel happy and secure in this friendly and welcoming setting.  Staff work well with other agencies to help ensure that they meet children’s needs.

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What the setting needs to do to improve further

To meet the requirements of the early years foundation stage and the Childcare Register the provider must:

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Due Date

 ensure all staff receive induction training to help them understand their roles and responsibilities with due emphasis on safeguarding and child protection issues 03/08/2017

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Due Date

 improve recruitment and vetting procedures to help ensure that practitioners who have regular contact with children are suitable, with particular regard to disqualification by association. 03/08/2017

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Due Date

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

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Due Date

 increase information shared with parents, particularly in relation to the setting's safeguarding and welfare policies and procedures  enhance teaching and learning opportunities for two-year-old children.

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Inspection activities

 The inspector talked to children, observed children's play activities indoors and outside, and looked at the available resources.  The inspector held a meeting with the provider about her leadership and management and looked at relevant documentation.  The inspector carried out a joint observation with the provider.  The inspector spoke to some parents about the setting and took account of their views.  We carried out this inspection as a result of a risk assessment, following information we received about this provision.

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Effectiveness of the leadership and management requires improvement

The new provider lacks experience in leadership but shows strong commitment. Her evaluation of early education is strong, but it is less successful for children's welfare. Safeguarding is effective. She ensures staff know the basics on what to do if they are worried about a child. However, not all staff have training as a priority, and their induction is not completed well enough. Some staff are unaware of the fire drill and do not have a fully up-to-date knowledge of child protection. However, staff are well qualified and receive one-to-one guidance to develop teaching skills. Underperformance is swiftly tackled. Staff carry out risk assessments and minimise hazards to keep children safe. They keep children safe on outings, are deployed well and supervise children during activities. Ratios are met, but the vetting of staff is not wholly secure because disqualification by association has only recently been introduced during staff supervision.

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Quality of teaching, learning and assessment is good

Children have fun and learn successfully from staff who fully understand their role in effectively supporting each child's unique needs. They busily make choices from the stimulating and welcoming play areas indoors and outdoors, and receive good support. Staff often get down to children's eye level to talk and motivate them. They are skilled at working with them, building on what children know and can do. Well-planned teaching with large and small groups helps ensure that there is a strong emphasis on children learning vital speaking, listening and attention skills. Staff ask good, varied questions to promote children's ideas and thinking skills. They give children time to talk and pose challenges and dilemmas, which older children relish. Two-year-olds talk and show eagerness in play, but receive less-targeted support than the older, most-able children.

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Personal development, behaviour and welfare require improvement

Children enjoy a safe and stimulating play space to grow and learn, alongside very caring staff. Although there are breaches of the safeguarding and welfare requirements, it does not affect children's day-to-day care. Children behave very well. Staff are good role models and offer plenty of praise and encouragement which children thrive upon. They teach children healthy routines, such as playing outdoors regularly, and enjoy nutritious snacks and hot meals. Children use the produce they have grown in their garden, such as strawberries. Staff work closely with parents from when children first start, which helps children to settle easily. Parents report that their children are well looked after and thoroughly enjoy pre-school, but would like more information shared with them.

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Outcomes for children are good

Children are enthusiastic learners, recognising numerals, counting and problem solving well. They speak with self-assurance. Children are highly socially communicative with visitors and are proud to show off their learning and skills. For example, when they help to lay the dinner table, they read some of their friends' names. Children become very personally independent. They go off to wash their hands spontaneously and then access the snack bar, making choices about what to eat and drink.

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Setting details

Unique reference number EY500884 Local authority Southampton Inspection number 1108194 Type of provision Full-time provision Day care type Childcare - Non-Domestic Registers Early Years Register, Compulsory Childcare Register Age range of children 2 - 4 Total number of places 27 Number of children on roll 35 Name of registered person Joanna Stallard

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Date of previous inspection Not applicable Telephone number 07759722970

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Barn Owls registered in 2016. It operates from Shirley, an area in Southampton, Hampshire. It operates Monday to Friday from 8.30am until 5.30pm, all year round. The pre-school receives funding for the provision of free early education for children aged two, three and four years. A team of seven staff, including the provider/manager, works with the children, and all except one are qualified in early years from level 3 to 6. The provider/manager holds early years teacher status.

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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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