Sunshine Pre-School

Sunshine Pre-School The Pavillion, Recreation Ground, Dunkirk Avenue, Desborough, Northamptonshire, NN14 2UB

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Inspection date

Previous inspection date 13 March 2018 13 November 2017

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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 demonstrate a commitment to providing children with a high- quality early years experience. They have addressed the action and recommendations raised at the previous inspection.  The practice of the pre-school is regularly evaluated. The manager ensures that the views of children, parents and staff are taken into account when identifying future areas for development. For example, staff are currently considering ways in which to enable children to spend more time exploring their local community.  Children are very happy and well settled. They have developed close attachments to the staff. Children behave well at all times. Staff are good role models and help children to be kind and thoughtful, to take turns and to share.  Children make good progress from their initial starting points during their time at the pre-school. Staff skilfully observe children as they play. This helps them to make

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This provision is good

accurate assessments of children's current developmental stage and to plan appropriate next steps in their learning.  Parents speak positively about the pre-school. They comment on the care provided by the staff as well as the progress their children are making. They state how much their children enjoy the time they spend at the pre-school.

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It is not yet outstanding because:

 The setting does not consistently share ideas with parents about how they can support their children's learning at home.

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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

 offer guidance and ideas to help parents to support their children's learning at home.

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Inspection activities

 The inspector observed the quality of teaching during activities indoors and outside, and assessed the impact this has on children's learning.  The inspector completed a joint evaluation of an activity with the manager.  The inspector held a meeting with the manager. She looked at relevant documentation and evidence of the suitability of staff working in the pre-school.  The inspector spoke with staff and children during the inspection.  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

Safeguarding is effective. The manager and staff demonstrate that they have a very good knowledge of how to ensure that children are kept safe from harm. They are fully aware of the processes to follow if they have any concerns over the welfare of a child. The procedures for staff recruitment and for checking the suitability of committee members are robust. This helps to ensure that all those who come into contact or work with children remain suitable. Children are well supervised at all times. The manager ensures that staff are effectively deployed both inside and outdoors. Staff benefit from regular supervision meetings to support their ongoing development and identify future training needs. Partnerships with local schools and outside agencies and professionals are very well established.

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Quality of teaching, learning and assessment is good

Overall teaching is good. Staff interact very well with children. They use their knowledge of what children know and can do, as well as taking account of their interests, to provide stimulating and challenging activities. For example, staff motivate children to use their imagination and skills of making 'cement' to create a wall in the outdoor area. Children become engaged and engrossed in the activity and delight as they realise the wall is in the shape of a number seven. Staff use the opportunity to support children to develop their confidence in speaking. They calmly offer commentary to their play, sensitively introducing new words, such as 'rectangle' to describe the shape of the bricks. This helps to broaden children's vocabulary. Children enjoy participating in small-group activities. For instance, they enthusiastically mix quantities of flour, butter and water together to make scones to serve to their parents the following day. Staff encourage children to consider the texture

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Quality of teaching, learning and assessment is good

of the mixture. They talk about it being too sticky or too dry and encourage children to think how this could be resolved.

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Personal development, behaviour and welfare are good

The pre-school provides children with an inspiring, welcoming environment, both indoors and outside. Children are able to choose freely from a broad range of easily accessible resources. Staff encourage children to do things for themselves to support them in becoming independent. For example, staff provide children with the ingredients to make sandwiches for their snack. Children competently spread the butter on the bread. Staff standby in case they are needed but do not intervene if not required. Staff help children to understand the importance of developing a healthy lifestyle.

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Outcomes for children are good

Children are happy, enthusiastic and motivated learners. All children, including those who have special educational needs and those for whom the setting receives additional funding are making good progress from their starting points. Staff identify any gaps in children's learning and take prompt action to address them. Children are gaining skills that will help them as they move to the next stage in their learning or on to school.

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Setting details

Unique reference number 219999 Local authority Northamptonshire Inspection number 1118196 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 25 Number of children on roll 25 Name of registered person Sunshine Preschool Committee

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Date of previous inspection 13 November 2017 Telephone number 01536 763169

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Sunshine Pre-School registered in 1992. The pre-school employs six members of childcare staff. Of these, four hold appropriate early years qualifications at level 3 and one at level 6. The pre-school opens from Monday to Friday, term time only. Sessions are from 9am until midday and 12.30pm until 3.30pm. 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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