St Marks Pre-school

St Marks Pre-school St Marks Church, 165 Belben Court, Rose Lane, Marks Gate, Romford, Essex, RM6 5NR

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Inspection date

Previous inspection date 20 October 2017 24 April 2017

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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

 The provider and staff implement effective procedures to promote children's health and safety. Staff enable children to play in a clean environment where they learn the importance of good hygiene and being safe.  Staff make regular and accurate assessments of children's learning, which enables them to plan suitably challenging activities and purposeful play experiences. Children make good progress from their starting points.  The provider's consistent support encourages staff professional development. For example, she holds regular team meetings and offers supervisory sessions and training opportunities, which help to raise the standard of care and learning experiences for children.  Children's behaviour is good. Staff use effective strategies to help children understand the boundaries and important social skills.

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It is not yet outstanding because:

 At times during activities, staff miss opportunities to support children's understanding of simple measurements, mathematical words and their recognition of numbers in the environment.  Children are not consistently encouraged to develop their awareness of similarities and differences between themselves and others.

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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

 make the best of all opportunities to help children strengthen their mathematical skills  increase opportunities to help children gain a deeper understanding of the wider community.

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Inspection activities

 The inspector interviewed the provider about the management of the provision.  The inspector observed the quality of interactions between the staff and children, indoors and outdoors.  The inspector held discussions with staff and spoke to children at appropriate times.  The inspector sampled a range of documentation, which included assessment records, staff records, public liability insurance and the record of attendance.

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Effectiveness of the leadership and management is good

Safeguarding is effective. Staff demonstrate a secure knowledge and understanding of child protection matters and how to identify and report concerns regarding children's welfare to the relevant authorities. The provider's recruitment and vetting procedures are efficient, which helps to ensure that only staff who are suitable to work with children are employed. The provider and staff regularly analyse children's assessments to close any identified gaps in children's learning and help them make good progress. Staff also attend weekly meetings with the provider to plan activities for the children and share teaching practices to help improve the outcomes for children's learning. The provider works together with staff to evaluate their practice and encourages parents to help them make decisions about how to improve the quality of care and learning for the children.

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Quality of teaching, learning and assessment is good

Staff interact well with children, which encourages their growing communication and language skills. For example, staff use simple, repetitive language to meet the communication abilities of children who are less confident or who are learning to speak English. Staff also create opportunities for children to learn to talk in groups, and they ask skilful questions to support children in expressing their thoughts and ideas. Staff use storybooks well to develop children's literacy skills. For example, they help children to create a wall display made out of materials and paintings to illustrate the story. This encourages children to retell and talk about the story together. Staff engage parents well in their children's learning and offer support to develop children's learning at home.

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Personal development, behaviour and welfare are good

Staff establish warm and caring relationships with children from when they start. Children settle well and are effectively supported to make smooth transitions between home and the pre-school. Staff work closely with parents to help ensure children's needs are well met. For example, they share ideas with parents about healthy foods, to help children develop good eating habits in the pre-school and at home. In addition, staff know to share concerns with parents at the earliest opportunity to identify professional support for children showing signs of delay in their development. Children take part in daily exercise, which contributes to keeping them healthy.

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Outcomes for children are good

Children arrive happily and are keen to become involved in activities. They make good progress in their learning. They learn that they can share books with others and they learn to join in with some favourite stories. Children show interest in making marks and some older children are learning to write the first letter in their name. Younger children enjoy exploring a wide range of materials. They use their developing senses to discover and experiment with contrasting textures, such as coloured rice, sand and water. Children are well prepared for the next stage in their learning and development, including school.

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Setting details

Unique reference number EY496857 Local authority Barking & Dagenham Inspection number 1097938 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 32 Number of children on roll 35 Name of registered person St Marks Pre-School Committee

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reference number

Date of previous inspection 24 April 2017 Telephone number 07815530613

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St Marks Pre-school registered in 2016. It is situated in Marks Gate in the London Borough of Barking and Dagenham. The pre-school is open Monday to Friday from 8.45am to 2.45pm, term time only. It offers sessional care from 8.45am until 11.45am and 12.15pm to 2.45pm, although some children attend all day. The pre-school is in receipt of funding for the provision of free early education for children aged three and four years. There are seven members of staff working with the children, all of whom hold relevant childcare qualifications.

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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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