Ditchling Pre-School Group

Ditchling Pre-School Group Scout Hut, East End Lane, Ditchling, East Sussex, BN6 8SX

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Inspection date

Previous inspection date 18 May 2018 24 September 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 Good 2

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This provision is good

 Parent partnerships are strong. The manager and staff successfully encourage regular two-way communication about children's learning and value parents' contributions.  Staff support children's communication skills very well. For example, they encourage plenty of conversation about children's interests, home lives and views. Staff show a genuine interest in what children say and actively promote their ideas and opinions.  The manager and staff are very caring. They create a nurturing, positive and welcoming environment where children feel happy, secure and valued. Children build trusting bonds with staff and make strong early friendships, developing their good social skills.  The manager and staff evaluate and reflect on their practice well. They work closely together to help identify areas of their provision to improve further.  The manager and staff create strong links with local schools. They invite teachers into

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This provision is good

the pre-school and share valuable information to support children's move to school.

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It is not yet outstanding because:

 The manager does not precisely monitor the progress that specific groups of children make in their learning to help raise children's outcomes even further.  Staff do not make the most of all of their interactions with children to extend their learning to the highest levels.

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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

 monitor the progress children make more precisely to help support specific groups of children further and raise children's outcomes to the highest levels  make full use of opportunities that arise during staff interactions with children to extend their learning as fully as possible.

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Inspection activities

 The inspector observed teaching practices and the impact these have on children's learning.  The inspector held discussions with the manager, staff, children and parents.  The inspector read some of the pre-school's documentation, including the safeguarding policy and procedures.  The inspector sampled children's development information and records.  The inspector completed a joint observation with the manager and discussed children's play, learning and progress.

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Effectiveness of the leadership and management is good

The dedicated manager effectively leads her well-qualified and enthusiastic staff team. She offers helpful guidance and coaching to help improve staff practice, such as through supervision and further training opportunities. After recent training, staff have introduced a new gallery for children to display their artwork and celebrate their achievements. The manager and staff make positive changes to the provision to help improve children's outcomes. For example, they now use weekly newsletters to help update parents on children's experiences and offer ideas to extend learning at home. Safeguarding is effective. All staff attend safeguarding training and have a thorough, up-to-date understanding of how to deal with any child protection concerns. The manager vigilantly monitors and ensures the safety of the environment.

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Quality of teaching, learning and assessment is good

Staff assess children's development closely and know the children well. They plan precise next steps in learning for each child and effectively use their interests to help provide exciting activities. For example, children enjoy exploring cardboard boxes and following their own ideas to create structures such as trains. They skilfully use scissors and tape to adapt the boxes and show good creativity. Staff support children's early writing skills successfully. They plan interesting activities to help engage boys, such as making marks with pens attached to toy cars and exploring the marks they can make. Staff successfully encourage children's mathematical development. For example, children confidently count the children who are present and work out how many there would be if one more child came into the pre-school.

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Personal development, behaviour and welfare are good

Staff support children's physical well-being very well. They offer exciting and varied opportunities to explore and discover outdoors. For example, children really enjoy completing challenging obstacle courses and take part in daily physical group games. Staff gently remind children of the behaviour they expect and children behave well. They are considerate of others and share well. For example, children happily pass each other dough so they all have enough and actively include others in their play. Staff support children's understanding of diversity successfully. For instance, children explore books from different cultures and talk about disabilities and how they can affect others.

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Outcomes for children are good

Children are motivated and enjoy their play and learning. They develop good mathematical skills and confidently recognise shapes and compare sizes as they explore dough. Children communicate well and enjoy joining in with a variety of songs and actions. They pay attention to detail during creative activities and show good early literacy skills, such as beginning to write their name. Children are confident, self-assured and quickly gain the skills needed for their future learning and for school.

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Setting details

Unique reference number 511252 Local authority East Sussex Inspection number 1128367 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 22 Name of registered person Ditchling Pre-School Group Committee

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reference number

Date of previous inspection 24 September 2015 Telephone number 01273846115

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Ditchling Pre-School Group registered in 2001. It is open between 9.15am and 2.45pm on Monday and Tuesday and between 9.15am and 12.15pm on Wednesday to Friday, during term time. There are four members of staff, all of whom hold appropriate early years qualifications; one has qualified teacher status and three 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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