Lloyd Williamson Pre- School Kensington

Lloyd Williamson Pre- School Kensington Second Church of Christ Scientist, 104 Palace Gardens Terrace, London, W8 4RT

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Inspection date

Previous inspection date 15 December 2017 9 June 2015

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This inspection: Outstanding 1

Effectiveness of the leadership and management Outstanding 1

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This inspection: Outstanding 1

Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Outstanding 1

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This inspection: Outstanding 1

Personal development, behaviour and welfare Outstanding 1

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This provision is outstanding

 The provider, manager and the very well-qualified staff have, between them, a deep knowledge of the curriculum and how children learn. They undertake high-quality and often innovative training, to meet children's needs extremely well. All children, including those who speak English as an additional language, make outstanding and often rapid progress in relation to their starting points.  Staff get to know children exceptionally well. A strong key-person system is well embedded. Children form very strong relationships with staff and settle very quickly.  Children thrive on the very wide range of well-planned, highly stimulating and challenging learning opportunities on offer.  Staff are excellent role models for positive behaviour. They are consistently kind, firm, warm and clear with the children. They set boundaries and rules extremely well. Staff are very skilful in helping children to understand their emotions and to solve problems.

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This provision is outstanding

 Staff keep parents very well informed about their child's progress. They provide parents with highly appropriate ideas to help them extend their child's learning at home. Strong partnerships with parents contribute greatly in helping children reach their full potential.  Leaders make excellent use of the views of staff, parents and children, to drive improvements. Careful reflection on practice has an excellent impact on outcomes for children.

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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

 continue to implement plans to extend the monitoring and analysing of a wider range of different groups of children and evaluate the impact of this on children's learning.

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Inspection activities

 The inspector talked with staff, children and parents at appropriate times during the inspection.  The inspector, provider and manager observed planned activities and discussed their findings.  The inspector checked and sampled a range of documents and policies, including those relating to safety checks and safeguarding.  The inspector held a meeting with the managers to discuss self-evaluation, safeguarding and staff professional development.  The inspector observed staff interaction and children at play.

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Effectiveness of the leadership and management is outstanding

The provider and manager demonstrate a particularly high level of understanding of how to keep children safe. They ensure that all staff are very well trained in child protection to keep children safe. All safety policies and procedures are implemented rigorously. Safeguarding is effective. The manager ensures staff are trained extremely well to observe, plan and assess individual children's learning with precision. There is a very sharp focus on tracking and monitoring of children's progress. Any gaps in learning are very quickly identified and closed. Strong relationships with parents and other professionals ensure that children's progress continues without delay. The manager analyses the progress made by some groups of children and has very clear plans to extend her analysis to include all groups. She recognises the importance of evaluating the impact on children's learning.

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Quality of teaching, learning and assessment is outstanding

Children are enthusiastic and inquisitive learners. They benefit from interesting learning experiences that motivate them. Younger children play with a soft, crumbly mixture, letting it slip through their fingers. They say, 'It's raining!' Staff encourage this imaginative conversation as they talk about the rain, umbrellas and the sun. Staff help children develop their communication and language extremely well. They actively listen to children and encourage them to make decisions and choices in their play. Staff extend children's thinking, asking, 'If it was raining and sun came out, what might you see?' This leads to a discussion about rainbows. Older children develop their creativity and imagination exceptionally well as they pretend to be on a train adventure.

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Personal development, behaviour and welfare are outstanding

Staff enable children to develop very high levels of self-esteem, independence and perseverance. For example, as younger children are learning to cut paper with scissors, staff encourage them to keep trying and they persist at the task. To help motivate the children, a favourite toy creature also sits with them at the table and they are very proud to demonstrate their skills to him. Children have superb opportunities to learn about the wider world. For example, they enjoy frequent visits to parks and museums. These trips provide excellent opportunities for children to learn road and travel safety as they always walk or use public transport. Play opportunities are plentiful in the highly stimulating outdoor area which provides an excellent variety of learning opportunities. Children are physically active and enjoy moving their bodies in different ways in yoga sessions.

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Outcomes for children are outstanding

Children are highly engaged and active learners. From a young age they develop an excellent foundation in self-care and life skills. Older children learn early writing and reading skills very well. Children learn to appreciate and respect their differences and similarities. For example, they enjoy sharing their own family culture celebrations. Children are extremely well prepared for school or the next stage in their learning.

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Setting details

Unique reference number EY436052 Local authority Kensington & Chelsea Inspection number 1095133 Type of provision Full-time provision Day care type Childcare - Non-Domestic Registers Early Years Register Age range of children 2 - 5 Total number of places 50 Number of children on roll 27 Name of registered person Lucy Jean Lloyd Meyer

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Date of previous inspection 9 June 2015 Telephone number 02072433331

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Lloyd Williamson Pre-School Kensington registered in 2011. The pre-school is open each weekday from 7.30am to 6pm, all year round. The pre-school employs nine members of staff. All staff hold a relevant early years qualification between level 2 and level 6. The pre-school is in receipt of 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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