Hughenden Valley Pre-School

Hughenden Valley Pre- School Hughenden Village Hall, Coombe Lane, Hughenden Valley, High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire, HP14 4NX

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Inspection date

Previous inspection date 29 January 2018 9 June 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 Good 2

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This provision is good

 Leaders work well with external agencies and professionals to support children as required. Staff receive training that helps them to improve children's learning, such as how to use additional resources to support children's language needs. They have strong links with the local schools to help make sure that children are ready for their next stage of their learning.  Children form strong relationships with their key person. Parents are invited to bring children for settling-in sessions at the pre-school. This helps children to settle well and to feel safe and secure.  Children make good progress form their starting points. Those who start below typical progress for their age are given appropriate support so that they rapidly improve in their learning.  Teaching and learning are strong. Staff plan activities that children are keen to join in as soon as they enter the pre-school. They effectively plan to meet the children's next

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It is not yet outstanding because:

 Older children do not consistently have opportunities to further enhance their independence skills.  Systems for analysing the progress made by different groups of children are still being developed.

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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

 build on the arrangements for comparing the progress made by different groups of children and checking that all groups receive the support they need to increase the potential for them to achieve at the highest possible levels  enhance opportunities for older children to be more independent.

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Inspection activities

 The inspector spoke to a number of parents to evaluate how well the staff support their children.  The inspector sampled a number of documents, including qualifications, first aid, risk assessments, planning, safeguarding information and children's assessments.  The inspector conducted a joint observation with the manger to evaluate teaching and learning.  The inspector observed interactions between key persons and children.  The inspector spoke to a number of staff and children throughout the day at appropriate times.

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Effectiveness of the leadership and management is good

Safeguarding is effective. Staff are knowledgeable about the signs that may suggest a child is at significant risk of harm and how to report their concerns. Staff carry out risk assessments of the environment to help ensure the children are safe. There is a good range of policies to support their practice. Staff and parents have an opportunity to reflect on the setting's provision. Recent changes include the introduction of a new parents' meeting to enable them to discuss their child's progress. Parents are able to contribute to their child's learning journey and share what their child has learned at home. Communication with parents is effective. For example, there are regular newsletters and emails to help provide continuity of children's care and learning.

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Quality of teaching, learning and assessment is good

Staff make regular observations of children's progress to help ensure that overall, children's needs are met. Staff support children in their own learning. Good use of varied teaching strategies aid children's learning. For example, girls used their imaginations when dressing up, identifying colour, texture and size. Although staff plan activities, they are flexible and will adapt activities when children wish to take their learning in another direction. For example, when a child wanted to be a superhero, he was able to get the correct costume and dress up so he could 'save the people on a train' with his friends. The pre-school supports children's good early mathematical development. Children learn to use the appropriate language and enjoy identifying larger and smaller objects. There are opportunities for children to recognise numbers that go after 10 and before 20.

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Personal development, behaviour and welfare are good

All children develop strong relationships with their key person and other staff. The staff have high expectations of children. There are consistent but firm expectations on how children behave and how they manage their own feelings. Children have a voice in their learning as they create the rules to which all children adhere. Children manage risks in their play. They enjoy spending time outside making a 'pirate ship' where they have to carefully navigate and balance walking on a narrow plank. Staff are vigilant, should children need support or lack the confidence to do it alone. Children are encouraged to have good hygiene practices and to have healthy snacks and drinks each day.

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Outcomes for children are good

Overall, children develop good levels of confidence and personal independence. Younger children confidently ask for additional resources to support their learning. Older children develop their communication skills and socialise with each other. For example, they create and share their mark-making skills while they talk about their drawings of activities they enjoyed over the weekend. Children make at least typical, if not good, progress in their learning and development.

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Setting details

Unique reference number EY334473 Local authority Buckinghamshire Inspection number 1092731 Type of provision Full-time provision Day care type Childcare - Non-Domestic Registers Early Years Register, Compulsory Childcare Register Age range of children 2 - 4 Total number of places 62 Number of children on roll 52 Name of registered person Jennifer Carol Ing

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Date of previous inspection 9 June 2015 Telephone number 01494563992

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Hughenden Valley Pre-School registered in 2006. It is open on Monday, Wednesday and Friday from 9am to 3pm and on Tuesday and Thursday from 9am to 12.45pm, during term times only. There are nine members of staff, eight of whom have qualifications at level 3 or above.

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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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