St Peters Busy Bee's Pre-School

St Peters Busy Bee's Pre- School St. Peters Church, Button Lane, Bearsted, Maidstone, Kent, ME15 8NJ

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Inspection date

Previous inspection date 18 July 2017 3 June 2014

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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 establish secure and trusting relationships with children. This helps children to settle quickly and happily into play. Children develop positive levels of well-being.  Children have good opportunities to challenge their physical skills. For example, they build obstacle courses and negotiate how to complete them, such as climbing ladders.  Staff skilfully build on children's interests. For instance, children who are keen to read books about dinosaurs make dinosaur 'eggs' and save them from 'lava swamps', bringing their ideas about dinosaurs alive.  The manager monitors the consistency of the good-quality care and teaching that staff provide. For example, she observes staff teaching daily and provides them with helpful feedback to support their development plans.  Children learn good early mathematical skills to support their future learning. For instance, they confidently count to 10 and backwards again to zero.

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This provision is good

 The manager and staff review their practice effectively. For example, they regularly implement new activity ideas and evaluate the impact these have on children's learning.

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It is not yet outstanding because:

 Staff miss opportunities to extend children's understanding of the natural world, to develop their understanding of the world around them.  Staff do not make the most out of sharing children's achievements with parents to strengthen the consistency of learning experiences between home and the pre-school.

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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

 extend children's opportunities to explore and understand the natural world around them  strengthen the consistency of children's learning between home and the pre-school, and extend the involvement of parents even further.

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Inspection activities

 The inspector observed staff interactions with children.  The inspector viewed the indoor and outdoor environments.  The inspector looked at written documentation, including a sample of policies and procedures, risk assessments and staff training records.  The inspector spoke to children, parents and staff, and took their views into consideration.  The inspector carried out a joint observation with the manager.

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Effectiveness of the leadership and management is good

The manager and staff keep up to date with new ideas and are keen to extend their skills and knowledge even further. They attend regular training courses, for example, learning how to help children manage risks safely, such as using real tools in woodwork activities. Staff use additional funding effectively to meet children's individual learning needs. For instance, they attend specific training to meet children's particular needs and purchase resources that encourage their development. Staff establish positive partnerships with other early years professionals and help provide children with a good consistent approach to their shared care. For example, they visit the settings children attend to share the next steps in their learning. Safeguarding is effective. All staff have a good knowledge of the safeguarding procedures to follow and whom to contact to follow up any concerns. Staff successfully help to protect children's safety and welfare and prevent them from harm.

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Effectiveness of the leadership and management is good

Children learn how to keep themselves and others safe in the event of an emergency. For example, they regularly practise exiting the building in a mature manner.

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Quality of teaching, learning and assessment is good

The manager and staff closely monitor children's progress. This helps them to highlight any gaps in their development promptly and provide children with good individual support to help them catch up in their learning quickly. Staff help children to prepare for their future move to school. For example, older children learn to dress up in school uniforms and do up buttons independently. This helps them understand what will be expected of them. Staff support children to develop good communication and language skills. For instance, they ask challenging questions and respectfully reinforce the correct pronunciation of words.

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Personal development, behaviour and welfare are good

Children are polite and behave well. For example, they say 'please' and 'thank you' with no reminders. Children develop a good understanding of the importance of healthy lifestyles. For example, children freely access quieter areas when they feel the need to rest and are confident to choose to be active if they wish. Children have good opportunities to understand the wider world around them. They respect other people's traditions, such as practising Aboriginal art to celebrate Australia Day.

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Outcomes for children are good

Children of all ages make good progress in relation to their starting points. Older children gain good skills to help prepare them for school. They develop good early reading and writing skills. For example, they recognise letters and simple words, and complete their designs and ideas on paper before creating them with bricks. Children build meaningful friendships and develop good social skills. For example, they are keen to work as a team and help each other solve problems and complete tasks together.

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Setting details

Unique reference number 127621 Local authority Kent Inspection number 1068458 Type of provision Full-time 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 30 Number of children on roll 40 Name of registered person St Peters Busy Bee's Pre-School Committee

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Date of previous inspection 3 June 2014 Telephone number 07944 275459

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St Peters Busy Bee's Pre-School registered in 1991. It is located in St Peters Church Hall in Bearsted, Kent. The pre-school is open on Monday, Tuesday and Friday from 9am until 2.30pm and on Thursday from 9am to 12.45pm, term time only. The provider receives funding to provide free early education for children aged two, three and four years. The pre-school employs seven members of staff, of whom four hold relevant early years qualifications at level 3 and one holds a relevant qualification at level 5.

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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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