Sunshine Pre-School Great Gonerby

Sunshine Pre-School Great Gonerby The New Memorial Hall, Belton Lane, Great Gonerby, Grantham, Lincolnshire, NG31 8NB

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Inspection date

Previous inspection date 7 February 2018 Not applicable

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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

 Staff promote children's safety well. They help children to learn how to evacuate the building in an emergency. Staff supervise children well and maintain staff-to-child ratios.  Staff support children's interests through play. For example, when children enjoy learning about dinosaurs they provide activities, such as baking dinosaur cookies, to extend children's learning.  Children demonstrate that they feel safe and secure. They have strong attachments with staff and enjoy their company, talking confidently to them about their interests.  Staff observe children as they play, and share this information with parents. They encourage parents to contribute to children's good progress and they share with them what children need to learn next. Children make good progress in their learning and development.  The manager and staff support children well, especially those who have special educational needs and/or disabilities. They work with other professionals and obtain

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This provision is good

additional funding to support their additional needs.

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It is not yet outstanding because:

 Staff do not gather enough information from parents or other early years settings that children have attended to help them find out about children's prior learning and abilities.  Although staff track the progress of individual children, the manager does not monitor the progress made by different groups of children precisely enough.

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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

 gather more information from parents and other early years settings children have attended to help staff plan more precisely for children's learning  monitor the progress made by different groups of children more effectively. To check that all groups receive the support they need, and increase the potential for them to achieve at the highest possible levels.

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Inspection activities

 The inspector observed the quality of teaching during activities indoors and outdoors, and assessed the impact this has on children's learning.  The inspector spoke with children and staff during the inspection.  The inspector completed a joint observation with the pre-school manager.  The inspector held a meeting with the pre-school manager. She looked at relevant documentation and evidence of the suitability of staff working in the pre-school.  The inspector spoke to several parents during the inspection and took account of their views.

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Effectiveness of the leadership and management is good

The manager supports her staff well through staff and supervisory meetings. She helps staff to maintain their key children's good progress. Staff attend training to help them to support children with additional needs. The manager gathers feedback from staff, parents and children to help her identify ongoing improvements. Recent changes to the routine of snack time provides children with more independent choices. Staff work well with schools that children move on to. They invite teachers to see the children in the pre-school. Staff share information about children's learning to promote consistency. Safeguarding is effective. Staff have attended child protection training. They know the signs that may suggest that a child is at significant risk of harm.

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Quality of teaching, learning and assessment is good

Staff know children well. They plan activities that interest and motivate children to learn. They support children's communication and language skills well. Staff sing nursery rhymes with children and ask them a good range of questions, helping children to develop their thinking skills. Staff provide opportunities for children to develop their mathematical development. When giving children choices, they ask them to recognise the 'shortest' and 'longest' ribbon. Staff encourage children to recognise numbers from one to five and to put these in the correct sequence. They help children to learn about diversity. For example, they use sign language when they sing a 'days of the week' song with children. Staff read children stories and help them to be engaged. They ask them to make noises of the different animals in the book. Staff use resources for children to hold, to maintain their attention.

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Personal development, behaviour and welfare are good

Staff offer children with a range of healthy snacks. Children join in baking activities, which helps them to learn how food is made. Staff promote children's independence well. They ask children to wash their hands prior to eating and provide them with knives to butter bread. Staff help children to have a sense of responsibility. For example, they ask children to help carry milk bottles to the kitchen. Children behave well. Staff give them plenty of praise, encouragement and a 'thumbs up' sign, helping to raise children's self-esteem. They remind children to switch on their 'listening ears' during group times to help promote positive behaviour. Children demonstrate that they are emotionally secure.

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Outcomes for children are good

Children enjoy being physically active. They develop their balance and coordination when they climb on to apparatus, and when they make an obstacle course using wooden blocks. They are engaged in learning and visible flourish in this welcoming environment. Children arrive happy and are keen to join the good range of resources and activities offered. They develop problem-solving skills and they negotiate putting jigsaw pieces together. Children make good progress and learn key skills for future learning.

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Setting details

Unique reference number EY541834 Local authority Lincolnshire Inspection number 1123019 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 32 Number of children on roll 41 Name of registered person Sunshine Pre-School Great Gonerby

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Date of previous inspection Not applicable Telephone number 07908428334

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Sunshine Pre-school Great Gonerby registered in 2016. The pre-school employs 10 members of childcare staff. Of these, six hold appropriate early years qualifications at level 3. The pre-school opens from Monday to Friday during term time only. Sessions are from 8am until 4pm. The pre-school provides funded early education for two-, three- and four- year-old children.

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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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