Gainsborough Pre-School

Gainsborough Pre-School Stephens Memorial Hall (behind Christ Church), 620 High Road, North Finchley, London, N12 0NU

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Inspection date

Previous inspection date 20 February 2018 8 July 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

 Managers and staff monitor children's development effectively. Overall, they have a good understanding of what children know and plan how to support them even further. This helps all children to make consistently good progress.  Staff support children well to develop their communication and language skills. For example, they provide children with an interactive game of 'flash cards' to encourage them to talk, exchange their ideas and make connections with familiar experiences.  Staff are caring, friendly and welcoming, and children respond happily to them, settling easily to play. Children gain confidence, and feel safe and happy in their care.  Children who have special educational needs (SEN) benefit from staff's good relationships with parents and other professionals. The effective communication ensures a consistent approach to planning and monitoring, helping children to achieve well.  Partnerships with parents are good. Staff keep parents well informed about their

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This provision is good

children's progress and how they can support them further at home. Parents speak highly of the staff and praise them for their input in their children's development.

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It is not yet outstanding because:

 At times, the organisation of some activities means that teaching is not sharply focused on fully extending children's learning, to help them make better than good progress.  Although training opportunities are available to support the ongoing professional development of staff, these are not fully placed to help them extend and build on their practice.

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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 and develop further the organisation of activities to involve children more consistently in ongoing purposeful play  strengthen processes to monitor staff practice and provide them with more opportunities to help develop their professional skills and knowledge even further.

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Inspection activities

 The inspector had a tour of the premises and observed children engaged in a variety of learning experiences, indoors and outdoors.  The inspector observed and evaluated a learning activity with the manager.  The inspector viewed evidence of the suitability of staff working at the setting.  The inspector spoke to staff and children at appropriate times during the inspection. She also took account of the views of parents spoken to on the day.  The inspector sampled relevant documentation, including safeguarding procedures and assessments of children's progress.

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Effectiveness of the leadership and management is good

The arrangements for safeguarding are effective. Managers and staff are confident with the procedures to follow should they have any concerns about a child's welfare. They are aware of their duty to prevent children from being drawn into situations which may put them at significant risk of harm. For example, the manager monitors children's attendance and development effectively. There are effective procedures to check staff's ongoing suitability. Staff complete thorough risk assessments of outings and use a record-keeping system to help promote children's safety. The pre-school uses self-evaluation methods and improvement plans effectively to identify areas for development to maintain good care for children.

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Quality of teaching, learning and assessment is good

Staff identify any gaps in children's learning successfully and provide additional support to help them catch up quickly. Staff interact with children and use available resources to enhance their play. For example, children use tools, such as pens and pencils to make meaningful marks. They write shopping lists in the role-play area and pretend to be firefighters. This helps children to develop their imagination and literacy skills, and gain an understanding of the wider world. Staff promote children's language development well, including those who are learning to speak English as an additional language. They give children plenty of praise and encouragement. This helps to develop children's can-do attitude to learning.

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Personal development, behaviour and welfare are good

Staff implement good settling-in procedures that ensure children are ready for the move from home to the setting. They promote children's health and physical development effectively. For example, children understand the importance of washing their hands to get rid of germs and staff talk to them about healthy eating. Children enjoy being active, indoors and outside. They move with confidence and display good control as they climb, balance and dance, and show good awareness of each other's space to keep safe. Staff encourage children's independence. For example, they teach children how to put on their own coats before going to play outside. Staff teach children good manners and values, such as sharing and being polite and kind to each other.

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Outcomes for children are good

Children learn to recognise their own name. For example, they confidently find their own drawers to place their personal belongings. They develop their mathematical skills as they learn to count. All children make good progress from their starting points. They are well prepared for the next stage in their learning, including moving on to school.

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Setting details

Unique reference number 147539 Local authority Barnet Inspection number 1125030 Type of provision Sessional 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 24 Number of children on roll 15 Name of registered person Gainsborough Pre-School Committee

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Date of previous inspection 8 July 2015 Telephone number 07903 803 992

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Gainsborough Pre-School registered in 1992. It is located in Finchley, in the London Borough of Barnet. The pre-school opens five days a week during school term times. Sessions are from 9.15am to 12.15pm. The pre-school is in receipt of funding for the provision of free early education for children aged two, three and four years. There are five members of staff employed to work with the children, of whom, three hold relevant childcare qualifications, including one with BA Honours in Early Childhood Studies.

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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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