Park View Preschool

Inham Park Pre-School Playgroup Inham Park Recreation Ground, Pearson Avenue, Beeston, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, NG9 4GQ

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Inspection date

Previous inspection date 5 December 2017 18 July 2016

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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:

 The manager is not fully effective in how she supports, coaches and trains staff to ensure the quality of teaching is consistently good.  Children's learning and development are not always supported. Staff do not always use effective teaching strategies to challenge children in their play and extend their learning, to help them consistently make at least good progress.  At times when staff organise structured activities, they do not always take into account the varying needs and abilities of all children to continue to support their learning.  Staff do not plan a range of opportunities to support children's continued learning outside, so that those who prefer to learn outdoors benefit from experiences and resources that are as varied as those provided inside.

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It has the following strengths

 Staff are warm and caring with the children. Children settle well into their play and have secure attachments to adults.  Parents spoken to state that they are happy with the service they receive from the staff. Staff are friendly and share information with them about their child's progress.  From a young age, children know what is expected of them. They are familiar with the routines and practise the pre-school values, such as sharing toys and being kind to one another.  Risk assessments are used well by staff to ensure that all areas where children play are safe and secure.

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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

 provide focused supervision, support and coaching for staff to identify and address training needs and raise the quality of their teaching to a consistently good level 04/04/2018

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Due Date

 improve teaching to fully engage children in activities and make the best use of opportunities to extend their learning, so that they make good progress. 04/04/2018

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

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Due Date

 review the impact that structured group activities have on children's engagement and support staff to adjust teaching where needed to take account of the varying abilities of the youngest and oldest children, to consistently extend their learning to at least a good level  increase the range of activities provided for children who prefer to learn outside, to enrich their continued learning.

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Inspection activities

 The inspection was carried out as part of the risk assessment process, following information received by Ofsted.  The inspector observed the quality of teaching during activities and assessed the impact this has on children's learning.  The inspector spoke with staff, the chair of the committee, children and parents during the inspection, and took account of their views.  The inspector completed a joint observation with the manager.  The inspector held a meeting with the manager. She looked at relevant documentation, including staff qualifications and evidence of the suitability of the staff working in the setting and of the committee members.

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Effectiveness of the leadership and management requires improvement

The new manager is developing a generally accurate overview of the effectiveness of the pre-school and of children's progress. She seeks the views of staff, parents and children as part of her evaluation of the setting. However, it is too early to demonstrate the impact this is having on outcomes for children. Staff do not yet receive focused support and coaching to help them ensure that all children are offered consistently good-quality learning experiences. Safeguarding is effective. The committee has notified Ofsted of the changes to the manager and current committee members to ensure they are suitable to be in post. The manager and staff have a secure understanding of the procedures they must follow should they have a concern about a child in their care. Staff have completed recent child protection training and know about wider safeguarding issues to help protect children. Children are closely supervised and staff deploy themselves well to support

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Effectiveness of the leadership and management requires improvement

children's care and learning needs. The manager maintains required records effectively.

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Quality of teaching, learning and assessment requires improvement

The new manager is a good role model and is well qualified and experienced. However, although the other staff are well qualified, the quality of their teaching is variable. Staff's engagement with the children is not always fully effective. For example, during a structured activity outside, staff do not help children to understand the purpose of the activity and opportunities to extend their learning are lost. That said, staff help children to develop their mathematical skills well. They use a good range of mathematical language and encourage children to share what they know and think. Children use words, such as 'long' and 'short,' to describe the length of the paper they are using. Staff use their observations and assessments of children's play to plan sufficiently for the next steps in their learning.

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Personal development, behaviour and welfare require improvement

Weaknesses in some staff's teaching and the organisation of some structured group activities, such as singing sessions, mean that children are not always best supported to make consistently good progress in their learning. Children's health is promoted well. For example, all children routinely play outdoors and benefit from fresh air and exercise. They are offered healthy snacks. Children are well behaved. Any minor disputes are managed swiftly and calmly by staff and children quickly settle back into their play. Children develop their social skills well. They particularly enjoy imaginative play. For example, they make up stories, such as firefighting, using small-world characters.

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Outcomes for children require improvement

Some children are not challenged well enough to extend their learning effectively from their starting points. That said, most children have the basic skills needed for the next stage in their learning and their eventual move on to school. Older children manage their self-care routines well. Younger children confidently make independent choices in their play. Children enjoy looking at books and make marks using different tools and media.

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Setting details

Unique reference number 253121 Local authority Nottinghamshire Inspection number 1118699 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 16 Number of children on roll 13 Name of registered person Inham Park Pre-School Playgroup Committee

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Date of previous inspection 18 July 2016 Telephone number 07583749956

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Inham Park Pre-School Playgroup registered in 1971. The pre-school employs four members of childcare staff. Of these, one holds an appropriate early years qualification at level 4, one at level 3 and two at level 2. The pre-school opens on Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and Friday, term time only. Sessions are from 8.45am until 12.30pm. 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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