Blackdown Pre-school

Blackdown Pre-school Newfoundland Road, Deepcut, Surrey, GU16 6SY

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Inspection date

Previous inspection date 28 March 2018 24 November 2015

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This inspection: Outstanding 1

Effectiveness of the leadership and management Outstanding 1

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This inspection: Outstanding 1

Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Outstanding 1

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This inspection: Outstanding 1

Personal development, behaviour and welfare Outstanding 1

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This provision is outstanding

 The highly qualified and devoted manager shares her vast experience with the committed staff team. Together, they have a clear vision that continually improves outcomes for children. They passionately seeks the views of children and parents to evaluate the quality of the setting.  Staff work exceptionally well with parents to support children's learning. They obtain detailed information about children's home lives and achievements and use this information exceptionally well to help ensure new children settle quickly.  Staff foster children as unique individuals. They are immensely caring and establish extremely positive, warm relationships with children. Children are extremely confident and visibly happy.  Staff know children extremely well and use their exceptional knowledge of how children learn to plan highly challenging activities. They are remarkably alert to children's abilities and skilfully adapt activities to follow their interests and individual care and

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This provision is outstanding

learning needs.  The manager's highly effective partnerships with external professionals make a significant contribution to inclusive provision. She shares information quickly and highly effectively to support children's individual learning needs. All children make rapid progress in their learning, including those who have special educational needs (SEN).

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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

 continue to build on the professional development opportunities for staff and review the impact this has on maintaining excellence and promoting the very best outcomes for children.

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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 this was having 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 outstanding

Safeguarding is effective. The management team follows robust recruitment procedures to help ensure the suitability of staff. It places a high priority on keeping staff up to date in their knowledge on how to keep children safe. For example, staff attend regular training and the manager checks that all staff know how to recognise and respond appropriately to any concerns about a child's welfare. The manager monitors staff performance extremely well, for example, through regular and thorough supervisory arrangements. Recent training has significantly improved children's physical and communication skills. The manager recognises the importance of continuing to enhance staff knowledge and expertise even further to maintain the highest levels of practice. The manager works extremely closely with external agencies and other professionals to help close gaps in children's learning. She uses additional funding exceptionally well to purchase purposeful

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Effectiveness of the leadership and management is outstanding

items specifically targeted to meet individual children's needs.

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Quality of teaching, learning and assessment is outstanding

Staff have exceedingly high expectations of what each child can achieve. They complete detailed assessments and use focused planning exceptionally well to ensure that all staff are aware of children's learning styles and needs. Children are extremely interested in the stimulating activities and become completely engrossed in their play. For example, they are particularly interested to discover and learn about animals that live in the desert. Excellent interactions from staff help children to extend their thoughts and ideas. For example, older children access books that refer to camels and discuss what they need to survive in detail. Younger children explore different roles, for example, as they use their imagination to cook and provide the camel with cups of tea.

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Personal development, behaviour and welfare are outstanding

Children's behaviour is impeccable. They consistently say 'please' and 'thank you', listen attentively to others and enjoy celebrating their achievements together. Staff use meaningful opportunities to help children learn about their place in the world and the lives of others. For example, children eagerly point to a map of the world and talk about their home countries with their friends, parents and staff. Children enjoy excellent first-hand learning opportunities as they explore their local community.

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Outcomes for children are outstanding

Children are highly motivated and eager to learn. For example, they discover their container has holes in and work out and solve the problem of how they can fill it with water. Children thrive in the excellent learning environment. They thoroughly explore the outdoors every day and gain excellent skills in the stimulating garden. For example, they discover ways to collect rainwater and measure the depth of puddles. Children develop a vast array of key skills that supports their future learning and readiness for school.

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Setting details

Unique reference number 119945 Local authority Surrey Inspection number 1126756 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 30 Number of children on roll 27 Name of registered person Blackdown Pre-School Committee

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Date of previous inspection 24 November 2015 Telephone number 01252 834293

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Blackdown Pre-school registered in 1994. It operates from the Blackdown Community Centre in Deepcut, Surrey. The pre-school is open each weekday from 8.30am to 2.30pm, during term time only. The pre-school is in receipt of funding to provide free early education for children aged two, three and four years. The pre-school employs six members of staff who work with the children, five of whom hold appropriate early years qualifications. The manager holds a BA Degree 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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