Little Bees Pre-School

Little Bees Pre-School All Saints Church Hall, Bark Hart Road, Orpington, Kent, BR6 0QD

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Inspection date

Previous inspection date 20 March 2018 17 October 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

 Staff are consistent in their approach to behaviour management. They teach the children to use kind hands as they play. Children behave well.  Staff work together to assess children's individual needs and how best to use the available funding to help progress their development and learning. They review children's tracking to assess the impact the resources are having on children's learning, helping to make sure gaps are closing.  Staff have a built a strong bond with all the children, who arrive eager to learn. Staff are close at hand to offer cuddles of reassurance to new children, helping them to settle quickly. This helps to build on children's self-esteem and confidence.  Staff teach children to solve problems well during activities. They ask them effective questions to guess what is in a box from clues given. This also helps to support children's language development.  Staff teach the children to be independent learners. Children arrive with their book bags

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This provision is good

and readily go and swap over their books to read at home.

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It is not yet outstanding because:

 At times, staff do not extend children's learning about cause and effect as they play with resources.  Staff do not always support children's emerging literacy development as well as possible.

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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 more support for children to understand how things work during activities  extend the challenge for the most able children to develop their writing skills.

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Inspection activities

 The inspector observed children in the main hall.  The inspector spoke with the provider, staff and children at appropriate times during the inspection.  The inspector sampled documents, including safeguarding, first-aid qualifications and children's files.  The inspector discussed with the provider how she monitors practice in the pre-school.  The inspector took into account the views of parents.

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Effectiveness of the leadership and management is good

Safeguarding is a priority for the provider. She has worked quickly to meet the actions raised at the last inspection, including obtaining first-aid training for five staff. The provider and staff all have secure knowledge of child protection and the procedures to take if they have any concerns regarding children's welfare. This helps to keep the children safe from harm and neglect. Safeguarding is effective. The provider reviews practice in the pre-school and identifies areas to improve. Recent training has helped staff to support even further children who have special educational needs and/or disabilities, helping to narrow gaps in children's learning and development.

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Quality of teaching, learning and assessment is good

Staff work very well with all agencies involved in the care of the children. Staff attend regular meetings, sharing the children's stages of learning and next steps of learning. They work together to set targets for the children, helping them to progress well with their learning and development. This supports good continuity of care and learning for the children. Staff support children well with their ideas. At the time of the inspection, children wanted to make paper aeroplanes. Staff sat with them to teach them how to fold the paper and supported them using their name cards to attempt to write their names on them. Children then eagerly went in to the physical area, without prompting, to fly them. Children learned how to move their bodies in different ways to launch the planes. Children excitedly worked together to see how far they could fly them, swapping planes around to see which ones flew better. This supports well children's physical development.

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Personal development, behaviour and welfare are good

Staff work closely to gather the views of the parents. Recent changes have been made to the snacks, which parents help to provide. They have worked together to help to make sure there are balanced and healthy snacks, for example, cereals and fruit, helping to support children's well-being. Staff provide good-quality activities, helping to support children's personal and social development. At the time of the inspection, children played a card game matching feelings to an activity. For example, staff held up a card of a car and then asked the children if they went on a long car journey how would this make them feel. The children respond 'bored' and matched this to the correct face showing this feeling. Staff praised the children well and talked to them about this. This greatly supports the children's language development.

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Outcomes for children are good

Children make good progress with their learning, given their starting points. Children are ready for their next stage of learning and subsequent move to school. Children are confident learners and settle quickly into activities. Children thoroughly enjoy practical experiences, such as making pizzas. Children of all abilities learn from the activity. They extend their language as they describe what they are doing, learn about new food they are not aware of and develop new skills with putting it all together. This all helps their all- round learning and development.

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Setting details

Unique reference number EY273807 Local authority Bromley Inspection number 1116866 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 40 Number of children on roll 28 Name of registered person Laura Diane O'Brien

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Date of previous inspection 17 October 2017 Telephone number 07710 862 272

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Little Bees Pre-School re-registered in 2004. The pre-school is situated in Orpington in the London Borough of Bromley. The pre-school is open between 9.15am and 12.15pm on Monday to Friday, during term time only. There is a team of eight staff, including the provider. Of these, six staff hold relevant childcare qualifications, three of whom hold qualifications at level 3.

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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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