St. Francis Pre-School

St. Francis Pre-School St. Francis Church, 121 Upper Chobham Road, CAMBERLEY, Surrey, GU15 1EE

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Inspection date

Previous inspection date 11 January 2018 27 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 Good 2

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This provision is good

 The quality of teaching and learning throughout the nursery is good. Staff understand children's interests and individual learning needs well. They provide a wide range of challenging activities that helps children to make good progress.  Children form close attachments with staff and they are happy and settled. They develop positive attitudes to learning, are confident and self-assured.  Children behave very well. Staff give children lots of praise to acknowledge their efforts and encourage them. Staff manage minor conflicts sensitively to help children develop good social skills, such as sharing and taking turns.  Staff successfully use a variety of methods to incorporate mathematical teaching in everyday play. For example, shapes and numbers spontaneously become the teaching focus when the children decide to draw a hopscotch game in chalk outside.  Staff build strong relationships with parents. The parents say that they chose the pre-

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This provision is good

school for staff's positive approach to diversity and inclusion. They also speak positively about the quality care and experiences their children receive.

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It is not yet outstanding because:

 Although staff complete assessments of children's progress, they do not consistently use this information to plan activities that challenge children to the highest levels to help them make the most rapid progress in their learning.  The manager has not fully established an effective system to evaluate practice to further improve the quality of practice in the pre-school.

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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 best use of information gathered from assessments to plan activities that challenge children to the highest levels to help them to make the most rapid progress in their learning  strengthen the use of self-evaluation and reflective practice to increase the potential to deliver the highest-quality provision and excellent outcomes for children.

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Inspection activities

 The inspector observed the children and staff interacting outside and inside.  The inspector held discussions with the children and staff.  The inspector reviewed a sample of children's development records.  The manager and the inspector completed a joint observation and discussed the impact of the teaching on the children at the pre-school.  The inspector took account of the views of parents spoken to during the inspection.

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Effectiveness of the leadership and management is good

Safeguarding is effective. Staff have a good understanding of how to keep children safe and the procedures to follow should they have a safeguarding concern about a child in their care. They effectively identify and minimise potential risks to children. The highly ambitious manager has recently introduced a new system to support and develop her team. She regularly monitors staff practice through frequent observations and assessments and has the support of the committee to identify training to develop practice. She has high expectations for staff to continue with their learning and undertake training that supports them to gain new knowledge and skills.

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Quality of teaching, learning and assessment is good

The manager closely monitors the progress of individual and groups of children, to ensure they progress well. Where children need additional support, she works with her team to provide focused teaching to help ensure every child makes good progress. Staff provide exciting learning experiences based on children's interests. They provide opportunities for children to develop their early writing skills. For example, linking to the children's recent interest in different types of transport, staff encourage children to use the wheels of different vehicles to dip into paint and make marks across the paper. Children talk about the shapes they make and tell stories about their pictures. Staff provide children with interesting opportunities to help them develop positive interactions and good communication skills. For instance, children eagerly join a friend's 'cake making' game in the mud kitchen as staff help them find different words to express how delicious the cake

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Personal development, behaviour and welfare are good

Staff support children well to develop their independence skills. Children enjoy putting their coats and boots on before they go outside. They demonstrate good hygiene routines as they automatically and independently wash their hands as they prepare for snack. Older children help the younger children understand turn taking and sharing, and show respect and appreciation for their friends. Staff work well together and are good role models for children. They help children to make friends, cooperate, to be tolerant, listen and respect others.

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Outcomes for children are good

Children are working comfortably within the range of development expected of them, taking account of their starting points on entry to the pre-school. Where they need additional support, this has been identified and support is in place. Children are happy and enthusiastic learners who demonstrate a positive approach to learning and playing together. They concentrate well and confidently make decisions about how to approach a task. For example, they work out collaboratively how to share playing on the see-saw to make sure everyone gets a turn. Children develop many of the skills they need in readiness for their next stage in learning and school.

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Setting details

Unique reference number 120220 Local authority Surrey Inspection number 1070187 Type of provision Sessional provision Day care type Childcare - Non-Domestic Registers Early Years Register Age range of children 2 - 5 Total number of places 30 Number of children on roll 18 Name of registered person Frimley St. Francis Pre-School Committee

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Date of previous inspection 27 November 2014 Telephone number 01276 201330

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St. Francis Pre-School opened in 1965 and registered in 2001. The pre-school opens each weekday from 8.30am to 2.30pm during term time. The pre-school receives funding to provide early education for two-, three- and four-year-old children. There are five members of staff who work with the children, three of whom hold appropriate childcare qualifications at level 2 or 3.

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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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