Bolsover First Steps Pre-School

Bolsover First Steps Pre- School Assembly Rooms, Hill Top, Bolsover, Chesterfield, Derbyshire, S44 6NG

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Inspection date

Previous inspection date 19 September 2017 24 September 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

 Children learn in a bright and motivating environment. Staff plan interesting and imaginative activities to engage children and promote their curiosity. They help children to develop their speaking and listening skills particularly well.  The manager and staff team are ambitious for all children. They achieve well and develop positive attitudes towards learning. The manager sets a clear direction to enable all staff to contribute to the pre-school's further development.  Children make good progress during their time in the pre-school. Staff accurately assess their individual starting points and build on these well. Children are effectively prepared for their future learning, including starting school.  The pre-school provides a rich and balanced programme of learning to support all aspects of children's development. Staff help children to follow their interests and broaden their knowledge and understanding of the world around them.

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This provision is good

 Staff have good relationships with parents. They provide useful information to help parents support their children's learning and development at home.

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It is not yet outstanding because:

 Staff do not consistently encourage children to develop their mathematical vocabulary.  The manager does not compare the progress made by different groups of children to help them all to achieve at the highest level possible.

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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

 strengthen strategies to help staff reinforce children's mathematical vocabulary  build on arrangements for comparing the progress made by different groups of children and use the information to help each child achieve at the best possible level.

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Inspection activities

 The inspector observed the quality of teaching during activities indoors and outdoors and assessed the impact this has on children's learning.  The inspector spoke with staff and children during the inspection.  The inspector completed joint observations with the manager.  The inspector held discussions with the manager. He looked at relevant documentation and evidence of the suitability of staff working in the pre-school.  The inspector spoke to parents during the inspection and took account of their views.

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Effectiveness of the leadership and management is good

The arrangements for safeguarding are effective. Staff are well trained in child protection and their knowledge is up to date. There are robust procedures to check staff are suitable to work with children. Staff are vigilant and deployed well to supervise children indoors and outside. The manager gathers the views of staff, parents and children to evaluate the quality of the provision and plan future developments. Procedures for staff's professional development are focused well on developing the quality of teaching to further improve children's achievement. Staff establish good links with other settings children attend to support continuity in their learning and development.

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Quality of teaching, learning and assessment is good

Staff make good use of information from parents to accurately assess children's starting points and plan the next steps in their learning and development. They help children to develop their curiosity and to explore the world around them. For example, children enjoy using magnifying glasses to investigate bugs and the habitats they live in. Staff use imaginative resources well to stimulate children's learning. For example, children enjoy putting on hard hats and high-visibility jackets to make large towers, archways and bridges with soft-play climbing and balancing equipment. Staff build children's early- reading skills well. For example, they help children to repeat phrases in well-told stories and anticipate the next stage in the plot.

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Personal development, behaviour and welfare are good

Children make a smooth start to their learning and development at the pre-school. They build a good relationship with their key person and quickly learn to be confident with all staff. Parents particularly comment on how well staff help children to develop their social skills and mix with others. Children learn to be independent and make decisions and choices. For example, well-established routines help children to decide which toys to play with and to choose which healthy snacks they would like. Children have good opportunities to be physically active and to develop healthy lifestyles and good standards of hygiene. Children successfully learn to take turns, listen to others and follow increasingly complex instructions. This contributes well to their readiness to start school.

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Outcomes for children are good

Children make good progress in their communication and literacy skills. They develop a good knowledge of popular stories, songs and nursery rhymes. Older children make good progress in their knowledge of letters and the sounds that they represent. Children learn to count accurately and order objects by size and shape. They learn to be persistent and reflective when solving problems and completing jigsaw puzzles. Children make good progress in their physical development. They learn to control different pens, pencils and brushes well in creative tasks and mark-making activities. They enjoy climbing play ladders and swooshing down slides.

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Setting details

Unique reference number EY246133 Local authority Derbyshire Inspection number 1104021 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 28 Name of registered person Bolsover First Steps Pre-School Learning Alliance Committee

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Date of previous inspection 24 September 2014 Telephone number 07828 097345

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Bolsover First Steps Pre-School registered in 2002. The pre-school employs six members of childcare staff. Of these, one holds a qualification at level 2 and four hold qualifications at level 3. The pre-school opens Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday, from 9am until 3pm and on Thursday and Friday from 9am until 1pm. The pre-school is open during term time only. The pre-school provides funded early education for two-, three- and four-year-old children.

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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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