Evolution Playgroup

Evolution Playgroup Church Hall, Our Lady Queen Of Apostles Parish Centre, Eton Avenue, Hounslow, TW5 0HB

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Inspection date

Previous inspection date 4 October 2017 Not applicable

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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:

 Arrangements to accurately monitor children's progress are not fully effective. The manager and staff do not consistently identify children's next steps in learning to help them make good progress.  Staff do not fully complete the required progress check for all children between the ages of two-and three-years-old. Therefore, they do not fully support children to make progress in their learning.  The provider's systems for self-evaluation are not sharply focused to identify key priorities for improvement.  At times, snack times are not organised as effectively as possible. Children are sometimes left waiting for long periods and become unsettled.

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It has the following strengths

 Overall, children are happy and content. Staff treat children fairly and with respect. They encourage children to share, take turns and have good manners.  Staff support children's communication and language skills well. For example, they listen to children, value what they have to say and enthusiastically talk to them.  Partnerships with parents and other professionals are successful in meeting children's needs. Parents speak highly about staff and the care that children receive. Parents feel well informed and involved in contributing towards their children's learning.

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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 arrangements to monitor children's progress, to identify children's learning needs and to plan the next steps needed in their future learning 20/11/2017

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 ensure all staff consistently review children's progress between the ages of two-and three-years-old, to assess their skills and address any concerns about their development. 20/11/2017

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

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Due Date

 sharpen the process for self-evaluation to effectively identify areas for development, to help improve practice and learning opportunities for all children  review the organisation of snack times to reduce the amount of time that children have to wait without being occupied.

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Inspection activities

 The inspector spoke to the manager and other staff at appropriate times throughout the inspection.  The inspector engaged with the children at appropriate times during the inspection.  The inspector observed staff interactions with the children during indoor and outdoor play, at snack and lunchtimes and during hygiene routines.  The inspector engaged in a joint observation with the manager.  The inspector sampled various documents, including risk assessments, the self- evaluation form, children's records and a range of policies and procedures.

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Effectiveness of the leadership and management requires improvement

Safeguarding is effective. All staff have a good understanding of how to keep children safe and the procedures to follow, should they have concerns about a child's well-being. The manager follows effective recruitment procedures and checks staff's ongoing suitability. The manager meets with staff regularly, offers supervision and support, and encourages them to undertake professional development to benefit the children. The staff and manager have some arrangements in place to monitor children's development, but these are not used consistently to support all children to make the best possible progress. The manager has procedures in place for self-evaluation but this has not identified aspects of practice that needs improving. This includes weaknesses in completing the progress check for children between the ages of two- and three-years-old.

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Quality of teaching, learning and assessment requires improvement

Most staff have a sound understanding of how to support the learning of young children. However, they do not monitor children's progress, and areas where they may require further support effectively, to consistently provide children with appropriate support. They do encourage children, for example, as they have fun participating in sensory play. For example, children explore play dough using a range of tools; and in the garden, they play with soil, add water and experience the different textures. Children enjoy imaginative play and make good use of the role-play area and the dressing-up clothes.

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Personal development, behaviour and welfare require improvement

Children benefit from a well-resourced learning environment with a range of activities. However, at snack times routines are not organised as well as possible. Children are sometimes left waiting for long periods, and become unsettled because they are not occupied. Overall, staff are attentive to children's needs, form good relationships with them, and help them to settle well to encourage their sense of well-being. However, as they are not monitoring children's development effectively, they are not fully meeting the learning needs of each individual child. Children follow healthy lifestyles. For example, they enjoy healthy and nutritious snacks, learn good hygiene routines and enjoy playing outside, as they engage in physical play in the well-resourced garden or on forest school sessions.

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Outcomes for children require improvement

Overall, children, including those with special educational needs and or disabilities, develop some suitable skills for their next stages in their learning and the move on to school. For example, children use mathematical language through their play, as they count and compare sizes of objects. Children have opportunities to become independent as they play and investigate. For example, they cut up their own fruit at snack time and dress themselves to go outside. However, children do not make consistently good progress because of the variations in teaching and the quality of assessments.

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Setting details

Unique reference number EY487724 Local authority Hounslow Inspection number 1013637 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 - 3 Total number of places 35 Number of children on roll 56 Name of registered person Evolution Preschools And Nurseries Limited

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Date of previous inspection Not applicable Telephone number 07903072229

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Evolution Playgroup registered in 2015 and is based in the London Borough of Hounslow. It employs 10 members of staff, all of whom hold appropriate early years qualifications at level 2 and 3. The playgroup opens Monday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday, Sessions are from 9am until 3.30pm, and on a Tuesday sessions are from 12.30pm until 3.30pm, during term times only. The playgroup provides free 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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