Bockhanger Monkeys

Bockhanger Monkeys Bockhanger Community Hall, Bybrook Road, Kennington, Ashford, Kent, TN24 9JE

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Inspection date

Previous inspection date 22 November 2017 3 November 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 Outstanding 1

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This provision is good

 Excellent and innovative teaching strategies help all children learn positive personal skills and good behaviour. Children receive outstanding support from well-qualified staff who know them well. Children feel good about themselves when, for example, their positive behaviour is recognised, celebrated and shared with their parents.  Excellent communication and trusting relationships between staff and parents promote consistency of care and learning between home and nursery.  The manager tracks the progress of all children very well. Where gaps are identified in their learning, interventions are put in place quickly to prevent children falling behind their peers. Children make very good progress from their starting points, including those who have special educational needs (SEN) or who speak English as an additional language.  Staff keenly observe what children can do and in what they are interested. They use

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This provision is good

this knowledge to plan activities that provide them with lots of exciting opportunities to learn and develop new skills.  Children enjoy coming to nursery and are keen to learn. They play happily alongside one another as they learn to listen to and respect each other. They are prepared well for their future learning, including when they go to school.

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It is not yet outstanding because:

 Occasionally, staff miss opportunities to further develop and extend the ideas and thoughts of most-able children while they play.

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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 most of opportunities to extend and challenge learning for the most able children.

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Inspection activities

 The inspector observed the quality of teaching and children's play indoors and outdoors.  The inspector held a meeting with the manager and deputy manager.  The inspector conducted a shared observation with the manager.  The inspector looked at range of documentation, including children's records of progress, self-evaluation and development plans, complaints and staff recruitment records.  The inspector spoke with staff, children and a small selection of parents, and took their views into account.

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Effectiveness of the leadership and management is good

The manager uses feedback from staff and parents to identify areas for improvement in the nursery. She demonstrates a strong commitment to improving outcomes for all children. All staff receive regular feedback to improve and develop their professional practice. Training opportunities are having a positive impact on improving the quality of teaching. For example, following training, behaviour management is greatly improved. Safeguarding is effective. All staff know how to respond if they have concerns about a child. Children's welfare is at the heart of everything they do. Robust policies and procedures are continually updated and shared with parents. The manager works closely with other professionals. All children are kept safe from harm and develop well.

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Quality of teaching, learning and assessment is good

Well-planned activities demonstrate staff's good knowledge of children's development. Assessments accurately identify what children need to do so that they can make good progress and achieve well. Staff have a strong focus on developing children's communication and language skills. For example, they use sign language and visual symbols to help children express themselves. Staff speak clearly to the children and use rhymes and songs to introduce new sounds and words. Children are encouraged to exercise and develop strong physical skills, such as when they stretch and breathe deeply to start the morning session or when they use scissors to cut play dough in to small pieces. Outside, children enjoy naturally occurring opportunities to learn. For example, they see the effects of the wind on the bubbles they are blowing and how the paper moves on the easel as they paint.

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Personal development, behaviour and welfare are outstanding

Children have formed excellent relationships with warm, caring staff. They flourish in an environment that is safe and emotionally supportive. Regular and meaningful praise helps children develop positive self-esteem and pride in their achievements. Excellent support is provided to help children learn words for how they are feeling. Children show extremely high levels of curiosity and concentration, such as when they experiment by making sounds down long, wide cardboard tubes. Staff regularly talk with children and their parents about keeping safe. Children learn about similarities and differences and share experiences as they learn about different festivals and cultures.

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Outcomes for children are good

Children are motivated, happy and inquisitive. For example, they work well together to find worms and mini-beasts in the outdoor area. They use their growing awareness of mathematics to count accurately and estimate. They confidently write on the whiteboard with pens and the patios with chalk. They are developing a genuine love of learning.

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Setting details

Unique reference number EY292262 Local authority Kent Inspection number 1070610 Type of provision Full-time provision Day care type Childcare - Non-Domestic Registers Early Years Register Age range of children 2 - 4 Total number of places 30 Number of children on roll 30 Name of registered person Nicola Yvonne Dawkins

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Date of previous inspection 3 November 2014 Telephone number 07860 169353

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Bockhanger Monkeys registered in 2004. It is open every week day from 9am to 3pm during term time only. There are six members of staff, all of whom hold appropriate early years qualifications from levels 2 to 5. The provider receives funding to provide free early education for children aged two, three and four years.

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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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