Warren Childcare Centre

Warren Childcare Centre Southfields community centre, Southfields Road, Kempston, MK42 7NR

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Inspection date

Previous inspection date 10 July 2018 10 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

 The provider and staff regularly reflect on and evaluate their practice. For example, they carry out audits covering all aspects of safeguarding and review their policies and procedures in light of their findings. They track children's progress and set ongoing action plans to help them to continually develop their teaching skills.  Staff effectively help children to prepare for their next stages of learning. For example, younger children spend time in the pre-school room and integrate with the older children outdoors. When children are moving on to school, staff take them to induction days and share detailed summaries of children's learning with their new teachers.  Children are gaining a good understanding of the world. For example, staff provide opportunities for them to see how caterpillars grow into butterflies. Children enjoy setting the butterflies free and watching them fly away. Staff help children to learn how

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This provision is good

to gain further information, such as from using factual books.

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It is not yet outstanding because:

 Staff do not always provide parents with opportunities to contribute to children's initial assessments to help them precisely identify their starting points in learning.  Staff do not consistently provide early writing opportunities that interest and engage boys to extend their writing skills.

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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

 provide parents with more opportunities to share their knowledge on what children can already do to more precisely identify children's starting points in learning  enhance the opportunities available to engage and interest boys to develop their early writing skills.

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Inspection activities

 The inspector observed the staff's teaching and their interactions with children indoors and outdoors.  The inspector spoke to staff and children and held a meeting with the provider.  The inspector observed an adult-led activity with the provider and held a discussion with her about staff's teaching and children's learning.  The inspector looked at a sample of paperwork, including staff qualifications, suitability checks and safeguarding policies and procedures.  The inspector spoke to a number of parents and took account of their views.

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Effectiveness of the leadership and management is good

Safeguarding is effective. Staff have a robust knowledge and understanding of the signs and symptoms that may indicate concerns about children's welfare. Staff regularly complete safeguarding training and give a high priority to ensuring children are safe, such as by making sure the environments are free from hazards. Staff turnover is low, despite this, the provider follows rigorous recruitment procedures to help ensure staff are suitable to work with children. Staff performance is monitored through regular observations of their practice and supervision meetings. Staff talk about the positive impact this has on their work with children. For example, the provider identifies their ongoing professional needs and staff undertake relevant training.

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Quality of teaching, learning and assessment is good

Staff make regular observations and assessments of children's learning. These are used to inform planning and support children's ongoing good progress. Staff regularly discuss children's progress with parents and help them to identify ways they can support their learning at home. This helps to promote continuity in children's learning. Staff successfully identify opportunities to teach children mathematics as they play. For example, as children say they will race hoops three times staff help them to understand simple subtraction as they count down from three. Staff teach children about patterns and symmetry as they paint pictures of butterflies. They increase children's interest in learning, such as by asking them questions about what they think will happen when they unfold their paper.

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Personal development, behaviour and welfare are good

The key-person system is strong and consistent and settling-in processes are effective in helping children to quickly feel secure. Parents speak positively about how quickly their children settle and how swiftly staff develop a good understanding of children's needs and interests. Children's behaviour is good. They play cooperatively, take turns and show respect for each other and for adults. Children show high levels of independence and develop good self-care skills. Staff encourage them to complete tasks for themselves, such as at snack times and when using the bathroom. Children have many opportunities to be outdoors. They practise using their good physical skills. For example, they use balls and hoops and at other times go for walks in the local community.

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Outcomes for children are good

All children make good progress, including those who are in receipt of extra funding. They are developing into independent learners and are well prepared for their next stages of learning, and ultimately for school. Some children, especially girls, engage in early writing activities. They are able to spell out and write their names. Children learn how to use a ruler to make a straight line and staff support them to understand measurements. Younger children show a good understanding of space and shape as they work together to complete puzzles.

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Setting details

Unique reference number 219086 Local authority Bedford Borough Inspection number 1127466 Type of provision Full-time provision Day care type Childcare - Non-Domestic Registers Early Years Register, Compulsory Childcare Register, Voluntary Childcare Register Age range of children 2 - 4 Total number of places 32 Number of children on roll 42 Name of registered person Janie Ashwell & Carolyn Robertshaw Partnership

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Date of previous inspection 10 September 2015 Telephone number 07484542592

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Warren Childcare Centre registered in 1975 and is privately managed. The pre-school employs 10 members of staff, all of whom hold appropriate early years qualifications at level 2 or above. The pre-school opens each weekday from 8am until 5.30pm through school term times and through some school holidays. The pre-school provides funded 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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