Humpty Dumpty Pre- School

Humpty Dumpty Pre- School The Scout Hut, Eastfield Lane, Ringwood, Hampshire, BH24 1UR

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Inspection date

Previous inspection date 26 March 2018 14 October 2014

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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 leads a dedicated staff team that works hard to improve outcomes for children. All children make good progress from their starting points.  Staff are sensitive, caring and value children as unique individuals. Children establish secure attachments with staff from the start. They separate from their parents and are very happy throughout the day.  Staff complete regular observations of children and make accurate assessments of their development. They are mindful of children's next steps in learning and skilfully weave these into children's play.  Parents speak highly of the pre-school. They value the support staff provide them, such as ideas of how children can continue their learning when they are at home. This supports a consistency in children's care and learning.

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It is not yet outstanding because:

 The management team does not make sure that all new committee members have been fully checked by Ofsted. This is a breach in the legal requirements.  On occasion, some staff do not make the most of their interactions with children to consistently challenge and maximise children’s learning further.  The monitoring of staff practice is not as effective as it could be, to identify and address inconsistencies in teaching to raise the quality of teaching even further.

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What the setting needs to do to improve further

To meet the requirements of the early years foundation stage the provider must:

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Due Date

 ensure that all new committee members provide Ofsted with the relevant information to enable suitability checks to be completed. 16/04/2018

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Due Date

To further improve the quality of the early years provision the provider should:

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Due Date

 make the most of staff interactions with children to offer even further challenge in their learning  sharpen the focus of monitoring procedures for staff, to identify any inconsistencies in practice and support staff to raise the quality of teaching to a consistently good standard.

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Inspection activities

 The inspector took into account the views of parents spoken to on the day.  The inspector observed the quality of teaching and the impact on children's learning.  The inspector conducted a joint observation with the manager.  The inspector held discussions with the manager, children and staff at appropriate times during the inspection.  The inspector looked at various documents, including policies and procedures, risk assessments, staff training records, records for children, and evidence of the suitability of staff.

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Effectiveness of the leadership and management is good

Although the management team understands its responsibility to provide Ofsted with the necessary information to carry out suitability checks on new committee members, it did not ensure that all committee members had completed the procedures correctly, as required. This includes those that receive some information from parents about new families. However, management does ensure that all committee members complete Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) checks and they do not have unsupervised access to children. Safeguarding is effective. Staff receive regular training and confidently know the procedures to follow if they have a concern about a child in their care. The manager and staff seek the views of parents and reflect on their provision well to help identify areas to improve. Recent training has increased staff knowledge on different strategies to manage children’s behaviour.

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Quality of teaching, learning and assessment is good

The manager monitors individual children and those within specific groups to ensure that any gaps in learning are quickly recognised and supported further. She identified that there was a gap in children’s mathematical development and provided further learning opportunities, which has had a positive impact on their progress. Staff respond well to children's choice of activities and move around to deploy themselves effectively to support children well. Children are creative and imaginative. For example, they work as a team, hunting for natural resources to build a ‘car’. Children show a good understanding of technology. For example, they switch on the compact disc player and delight in singing to music.

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Personal development, behaviour and welfare are good

Staff spend time getting to know children and their families well. Children settle well into the pre-school routine and are curious and confident to speak to visitors. This demonstrates that they feel safe and secure. Staff promote children’s good health. For example, children enjoy daily outdoor play and healthy snacks. Staff provide consistent support and guidance to help children learn to keep themselves safe. For example, children work out the safest way to balance planks of wood when building constructions in the garden. Children demonstrate good manners and are kind to one another.

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Outcomes for children are good

Children develop their early literacy skills well. They create marks in sand and on paper using different tools. Older children extend these skills, making marks for a purpose, such as making lists and labelling their pieces of work. Children show a love of books. They eagerly anticipate the next event in a story and suggest the sounds different animals make. Children count and recognise numbers as they engage in their play. All children develop the skills they need for the next stage of their learning and their eventual move on to school.

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Setting details

Unique reference number 109840 Local authority Hampshire Inspection number 1070106 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 26 Number of children on roll 18 Name of registered person Humpty Dumpty Pre-School Committee

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Date of previous inspection 14 October 2014 Telephone number 07941 105473

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Humpty Dumpty Pre-School registered in 1970. It operates from a Scout hut on the outskirts of Ringwood, Hampshire. The pre-school is open each weekday during term time. Sessions are from 9.15am to 12.45pm. The pre-school is in receipt of funding to provide free early education for children aged two, three and four years. There are five members of staff who work with the children, four of whom hold an appropriate early years qualification 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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