Bevan Lodge Community Pre-School

Bevan Lodge Community Pre-School 67 Albert Road, Farnborough, Hampshire, GU14 6SL

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Inspection date

Previous inspection date 9 January 2018 4 February 2015

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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

 Staff develop excellent relationships with children and their parents. They have an exceptionally good awareness of children's individual needs and how to meet them. Management and staff work highly effectively with parents and other professionals, and children make good progress from their starting points.  Management and staff work well together as a team and create a welcoming environment where children feel happy, safe and settled.  The manager and staff work extremely well with other professionals to help identify and target specific support for children. Staff share the strategies they use, such as how to support children's communication skills or reinforce positive behaviour, to help provide a cohesive approach to children's learning.  The manager and staff reflect on their practice and encourage parents and children to participate in this process. They identify what works well and develop an action plan to

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This provision is good

address identified areas for improvement promptly.

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It is not yet outstanding because:

 At times, staff do not fully consider the aims of the group activities they organise to enable children to remain fully engaged and not become distracted, and help them make even better progress.  Overall, staff encourage children to attempt and complete tasks for themselves, although on occasion they automatically do a task for children that they are capable of doing themselves.

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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

 support staff to continually improve their organisation of group activities to help more precisely target children's next steps in learning and keep them fully engaged  make the most of all opportunities to allow children to manage tasks independently.

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Inspection activities

 The inspector observed the staff and their interaction with the children.  The inspector discussed the learning that was taking place with the staff.  The inspector took account of the views of parents and children.  The inspector spoke with the staff about their understanding of safeguarding and first aid.  The inspector looked at some documentation, including the setting's policies, procedures and children's records.

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Effectiveness of the leadership and management is good

Safeguarding is effective. Management and staff all demonstrate a secure understanding of how to safeguard children. They keep their safeguarding knowledge up to date, and complete suitability checks and risk assessments to enable children to play in safety. Staff's professional development is ongoing. Management and staff use supervision and staff meetings to monitor their needs. For example, staff completed a level 2 online food hygiene course to support their practice. The special educational needs coordinator disseminated what she learned on a four-day behaviour management course to staff and parents to help them all provide a consistent approach to reinforcing positive behaviour. Partnership working between staff, committee members and parents is excellent. Parents state they feel very valued and supported by staff. Additional funding is used effectively. For example, the purchase of a light box has helped staff encourage children's exploration

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Quality of teaching, learning and assessment is good

Staff know children extremely well and use their observations and assessments to help them accurately identify children's next steps in learning. Staff assess their key children's progress and the manager collates this information to help her monitor the overall progress children make. She quickly identifies any gaps in children's learning and works well with staff to close these. Staff inspire children's problem-solving and investigative skills. For example, children were fascinated to discover how a metal detector worked. Staff encouraged them to hold the detector near different objects, such as staff's hands and shoes, and see if the detector made a sound. Staff encouraged children to discuss why it beeped and they identified that rings and shoe hooks were metal and this was the cause. They eagerly went off searching for other metal items, such as the painting tins.

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Personal development, behaviour and welfare are outstanding

Management and staff use their highly effective key-person system to meet children's ever-changing needs exceptionally well. Settling-in procedures are excellent and staff start the process before children start. For example, home visits help introduce staff to the children and parents in a familiar environment and assist staff in building a precise understanding of what children's individual needs may be. For example, several children live in flats and the inspiring outdoor area is used to encourage them to enjoy daily activities and exercise in the fresh air. Children form extremely strong bonds with staff, develop excellent self-esteem and have their emotional well-being met extremely well. They learn to respect each other and behave exceptionally well, given their individual abilities.

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Outcomes for children are good

Children are motivated learners and readily engage in learning. They enjoy exploring shapes, colours and numbers. For example, they were totally engrossed in naming paint colours, adding paper and counting marbles into a tin that they shook to create a picture. Children eagerly share their artwork with staff, and build on their early writing skills as they write their names on their work. They share and take turns well and were observed to be gaining the skills they will need for their future learning, such as going to school.

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Setting details

Unique reference number 110096 Local authority Hampshire Inspection number 1085700 Type of provision Sessional provision Day care type Childcare - Non-Domestic Registers Early Years Register Age range of children 2 - 4 Total number of places 26 Number of children on roll 57 Name of registered person Bevan Lodge Pre-School Management Committee

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Date of previous inspection 4 February 2015 Telephone number 01252 510993

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Bevan Lodge Community Pre-School registered in 2000. The pre-school opens five days a week during school terms. Sessions are on Monday to Thursday from 8.30am to 3.30pm and on Friday from 8.30am to midday. There are 12 staff working with the children, 11 of whom have relevant early years qualifications at level 6, level 3 or level 2. The pre-school receives funding for the provision of free early years education for children aged 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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