Rainbows Pre School

Rainbows Pre School The Salvation Army, 75-77 Canterbury Road, Folkestone, Kent, CT19 5NL

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Inspection date

Previous inspection date 9 May 2018 13 May 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 Outstanding 1

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This provision is good

 The management team effectively monitors individual children's progress and that of different groups of children, to help close any emerging gaps in their development successfully. For example, they introduced small focused-group times to help improve children's listening and attention abilities, and develop skills they need for school.  Relationships between staff provide good role models for the children and influence children's excellent behaviour, manners and consideration towards one another.  Children display extremely high levels of confidence, self-esteem and a sense of belonging. Staff show a deep interest in the children's views and learning.  Staff provide children with excellent opportunities to enhance their independence skills. For example, children are fully involved in the preparation of snacks, including clearing the table once they have finished. Children also understand and help complete tasks,

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This provision is good

such as applying sun cream to protect themselves from the sun.  Staff develop children's communication and language skills effectively, for example, they clearly emphasise key words. Staff successfully adapt their interactions to help children to develop good speaking skills and understanding. All children make at least good progress in their learning from their starting points.

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It is not yet outstanding because:

 Parents do not have highly effective opportunities to share their views about the pre- school and help identify areas for improvement to extend children's development.

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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

 strengthen systems to enable parents to share their views regularly about the pre- school and contribute ideas to help enhance learning outcomes for children.

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Inspection activities

 The inspector observed the quality of teaching and children's activities, completed a joint observation with the manager and held discussions about children's progress and learning.  The inspector held conversations with the manager, staff and children throughout the inspection.  The inspector viewed evidence of staff suitability checks and their qualifications, and sampled relevant policies and procedures.  The inspector took into account the views of the parents during the inspection.  The inspector observed staff planning and the children's assessment records.

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Effectiveness of the leadership and management is good

The management team evaluates the quality of the pre-school to identify areas for improvement. For example, the outdoor environment has been enhanced to extend opportunities for children to explore and follow their own interests. The manager and staff make good links with other agencies involved in the children's care. For example, they share information and this helps provide a continuity of care and education. Safeguarding is effective. Staff keep their safeguarding knowledge up to date and are fully aware of the procedure to follow if they have concerns about a child's welfare. The manager continually improves the quality of staff practice, such as organising relevant training and individual support to raise standards in teaching. For instance, staff attended training to help them improve children's language development.

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Quality of teaching, learning and assessment is good

Staff accurately assess individual children's development and effectively plan for their next steps in learning with parents. They skilfully use a wide range of resources well to engage children at all times during the day. For instance, the children paint various surfaces in the garden with water and are effectively encouraged to give meaning to the marks that they make. Staff challenge children well to enhance their thinking skills and consider if their water marks will be visible on different surfaces. Staff give clear explanations to extend children's understanding of mathematical concepts. For instance, staff engage the children in conversations to compare the different sizes of their water paintings and effectively enhance the children's counting skills.

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Personal development, behaviour and welfare are outstanding

Staff provide an exceptionally well-organised learning environment that is extremely welcoming. They provide children with excellent opportunities to make independent choices in their play. Children quickly engage and maintain a high level of interest in activities from when they arrive. Children are highly valued and staff discuss activities with them, skilfully using their suggestions to improve their experiences. For example, children request envelopes and writing tools to extend their imaginative role-play game. They eagerly 'write' letters to their key person and watch their reaction as they open them, with delight. Staff are highly successful in helping children to gain a very strong sense of achievement and boost their confidence. For instance, children's achievements are celebrated exceptionally well.

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Outcomes for children are good

Children develop skills needed for their future learning and move to school. For example, they play and explore cooperatively together. Children use their imagination well, confidently share views and negotiate play ideas. They develop a good understanding of diversity beyond their immediate family. Children enjoy exploring the environment and experience a broad range of positive cultural images and dual-language text.

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Setting details

Unique reference number EY305046 Local authority Kent Inspection number 1092293 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 24 Number of children on roll 18 Name of registered person Folkestone Rainbow Centre

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Date of previous inspection 13 May 2015 Telephone number 07979 323260

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Rainbows Pre School registered in 2005 and is located in Folkestone, Kent. The pre-school is open Monday to Friday from 9am to 3pm, term time only. There are five members of staff, three of whom hold relevant qualifications at level 3 and one has a degree in early years studies. The pre-school is in receipt of funding for the provision of free 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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