Woodmancote Pre-School Group

Woodmancote Pre-School Group Woodmancote New Village Hall, Bushcombe Close, Woodmancote, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, GL52 9HX

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Inspection date

Previous inspection date 24 January 2018 6 July 2017

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This inspection: Good 2

Previous inspection: Requires Improvement

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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 manager and staff reflect very well on the provision and have made good improvements since the last inspection. They provide stimulating and exciting play environments with resources that they vary to meet children's needs and interests.  Staff build strong relationships with parents and others involved in children's care. They regularly exchange information with them and offer suggestions for continuing learning at home. Children benefit from consistent experiences and are motivated to learn.  The manager monitors staff practice effectively and encourages them to continually develop their skills. Recent training for using sign language has helped staff to support children's communication, including those who speak English as an additional language.  Staff monitor children's progress very well from the start. They make accurate assessments about children's learning and review children's achievements to help them

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This provision is good

plan appropriate next steps in learning. All children make good progress.  Staff are good role models. They support children to 'have a go' and help them manage their feelings as they share popular toys. Children behave well.

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It is not yet outstanding because:

 Staff do not make the best use of opportunities to encourage children to engage and interact with each other during play activities.  At times, staff do not support all children to care for the environment, such as helping other children as they put the toys away.

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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

 encourage staff to help children to engage and interact with other children as well as adults to further support their social skills  organise routine tasks better to encourage all children to take responsibility for caring for the environment.

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Inspection activities

 The inspector observed the quality of teaching indoors and outdoors.  The inspector took account of the views of parents spoken to during the inspection.  The inspector carried out a joint evaluation of the activities with the manager.  The inspector talked with the manager, staff and children at appropriate times during the inspection.  The inspector sampled paperwork, including staff records and training, policies and procedures, children's records, and staff evaluations.

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Effectiveness of the leadership and management is good

The manager uses feedback from children, parents and staff well to make improvements to the setting. For example, the manager has extended hours to meet parents and children's needs and has opened sessions to two-year-old children to help them settle better into the pre-school. The manager has attended training to understand better how to track children's progress. She has used this well to target training for supporting younger children coming into the setting and helping older children as they prepare for the move to school. Safeguarding is effective. All staff understand how to keep children safe and know what to do in the event of concerns about a child.

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Quality of teaching, learning and assessment is good

Staff encourage children's curiosity. They provide activities for children to encourage them to explore and experiment. For example, children make play dough and add their choices of colour. They use large plastic reels to create a balance beam to walk along and jump off the end. They make a train track that extends across the room and make 'choo-choo' noises as they race the trains along it. Staff encourage children's mathematical skills well. For instance, they encourage children to compare the heights of their tube towers and to count how many tubes they have used in each colour. Children have good communication skills and imaginations. For example, they create elaborate storylines as they play with the dolls and the doll's house.

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Personal development, behaviour and welfare are good

Staff share in children's achievements and support their self-confidence well. For example, children use a 'success tree' where they add leaves that show the new skills they have learned. Children learn about healthy options for snack time and also about the natural world. For example, staff and children discuss where the different fruits come from and that they could grow apple trees if they planted the seeds in the garden. Staff offer praise and encouragement for children to develop good self-care skills and to take turns. For example, they say 'well done' when children change their shoes for their boots and put coats on to go outdoors, and as they take turns to splash in the puddles.

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Outcomes for children are good

Children come into the setting eager and ready to play. Staff greet children enthusiastically and help them find favourite toys to play with. Children enjoy building with the large coloured tubes. They tell staff what colours they have used and work out that smaller ones fit inside the big ones. Children manage risks well and seek help when needed. For example, they work out how to climb through the branches of the tree and ask for help when their boot gets stuck. Children join in enthusiastically with shared story times. They say the repeat phrases, offer suggestions about what might happen next and cheer when the mouse escapes from the other animals.

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Setting details

Unique reference number 101654 Local authority Gloucestershire Inspection number 1109081 Type of provision Full-time provision Day care type Childcare - Non-Domestic Registers Early Years Register Age range of children 0 - 5 Total number of places 26 Number of children on roll 33 Name of registered person Woodmancote Pre-School Group Committee

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Date of previous inspection 6 July 2017 Telephone number 07593254049

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Woodmancote Pre-School Group registered in 1994. The pre-school is open each weekday during school terms. It opens on Monday and Wednesday from 8.15am until 12.30pm and on Tuesday, Thursday and Friday from 8.15am to 3.45pm. The provider receives funding for the provision of free early education for children aged two, three and four years. There are six staff who work with the children; one holds early years professional status and two hold childcare qualifications at level 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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