Abbotsbrook Pre-School

Abbotsbrook Pre-School Abbotts Brook Hall, Marlow Road, Bourne End, Buckinghamshire, SL8 5PQ

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Inspection date

Previous inspection date 24 January 2018 24 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 Outstanding 1

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This provision is good

 The highly experienced manager evaluates the pre-school well. She promotes a culture of continuous improvement and encourages staff to develop their knowledge regularly.  Children's behaviour is excellent. They create rules with the staff, supporting children to consider how to play very well within the group. Children are helpful and considerate of one another's feelings. Staff praise their achievements and children develop exceptionally high levels of self-esteem and confidence.  Children develop their knowledge of the world around them well. For example, they learn about the countries their friends come from and cook foods from different cultures.  Children make good progress from their starting points with their learning and development. They are enthusiastic to participate in activities which develop their early mathematical skills.  Parents speak highly of the lengths staff go to when settling their children. They report

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This provision is good

that staff help children exceptionally well with complex health issues. Staff develop effective programmes to support children to develop healthy eating habits.

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It is not yet outstanding because:

 At times, children become distracted and do not benefit from their learning during group activities.  Staff do not consistently consider children's next steps in their learning when planning activities to enhance their progress even further.

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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

 review the organisation of group times to keep interruptions to a minimum so that all children benefit from the learning objectives  consider children's next steps when planning activities to further enhance their already good progress.

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Inspection activities

 The inspector took account of the views of parents spoken to on the day of inspection.  The inspector observed children's activities indoors and outdoors, including snack time.  The inspector and the manager evaluated a planned activity together.  The inspector sampled paperwork, including evidence of staff qualifications and suitability, children's records and policies.  The inspector assessed staff understanding of how to keep children safe.

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Effectiveness of the leadership and management is good

The manager has addressed previous recommendations well. She visits other providers to help her gain new ideas to increase children's independence and develop the setting's learning environment. This has had a positive impact on resources for children to learn with and helped the staff to develop programmes for younger children. Safeguarding is effective. Staff understand their responsibility to keep children safe. The manager completes thorough checks and induction training to help ensure staff are suitable to work with children. Effective new systems for guidance and monitoring of staff practice have been implemented. These support the manager to identify areas for staff to develop their teaching and give staff an opportunity to contribute their feedback.

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Quality of teaching, learning and assessment is good

Children develop their creative skills and use their imaginations while having fun in the garden. For example, they create 'mud pies' with natural resources while pretending they are serving in a café. They count items and use jugs to pour, helping them to develop their early mathematical skills. Children discuss their activities and communicate effectively, such as when they share 'wow moments' and photographs from home with their friends. The staff team has successfully increased opportunities for children to explore technological items recently. For example, there are new light-up devices for children to make marks with and a laptop to learn how to complete simple programs. Children love using these; they learn to take turns well as they share the new items and other toys. Partnership working with Reception teachers is outstanding. They report that the setting's staff skilfully prepare children for Reception classes.

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Personal development, behaviour and welfare are outstanding

Children arrive at the pre-school extremely enthusiastic and eager to learn. They confidently explore a highly stimulating environment packed with opportunities for learning. Children have an exceptional understanding of the routines for the day and behave very well. Even the youngest children are able to hang up coats, organise their own snack times, wash up and express their needs extremely well. Partnerships with parents are highly valued by staff. This contributes to children settling in at the pre-school quickly and develops a shared approach to meeting children's needs. Staff pay incredible attention to detail when considering the health needs of children. Programmes help children develop exceptional social skills in readiness for their next stages in learning.

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Outcomes for children are good

All children learn good early literacy skills and develop a love for books. Children learn how to manage small risks, such as when they climb trees and use implements to carve sticks. Children make choices and develop their creativity, for instance, as they select items from the 'song box' and choose their favourite music to sing as a group.

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Setting details

Unique reference number EY321563 Local authority Buckinghamshire Inspection number 1070752 Type of provision Full-time 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 26 Number of children on roll 33 Name of registered person Angela Fay Alice Gregg

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Date of previous inspection 24 November 2014 Telephone number 07782109009

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Abbotsbrook Pre-School registered in 2006 and is open from Monday to Friday, term time only. Morning sessions run from 9.15am to 12.15pm each day, with an optional lunch club from 12.15pm to 1.45pm. Afternoon sessions run from 12.15pm to 3.15pm each day except Thursday, when the session ends at 12.15pm. The pre-school receives funding for the provision of early education for two-, three- and four-year-old children. There are seven members of staff, five of whom hold early years qualifications at level 2 or 3. The manager is qualified to level 6 in early years practice management.

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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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