Nechells Pre-School

Nechells Pre-School St Matthews Church, 63 Wardlow Road, Birmingham B7 4JH

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Inspection date 11 October 2018 Previous inspection date 9 July 2015

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This inspection: Good 2

Previous inspection: Good 2 Effectiveness of leadership and management Good 2 Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good 2 Personal development, behaviour and welfare Good 2 Outcomes for children Good 2

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The provision is good

n Teaching is good and staff place a strong focus on promoting children's communication and language skills through their interactions. Staff know their assigned key children well and work with parents to help support children to learn and to help close any gaps in children's learning. n Staff prioritise promoting children's emotional well-being and build strong relationships with children to help to them settle. There is a clear routine in place and children enjoy their time at the pre-school. n Staff place a strong focus on increasing children's physical development and self-care skills and help children to increase children's independence during the session. n Parents are kept well informed about their children's care and progress. They receive good support and guidance on promoting their children's learning, health and welfare. n Staff work closely with other agencies and professionals who are working with families

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The provision is good

and refer families to other services that can offer them the support and help they need.

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It is not yet outstanding because:

n The manager does not robustly monitor the use of children's assessment information to help staff to plan highly challenging activities to help to raise learning to an exceptional level. n Staff do not consistently provide a rich range of activities to help to promote children's learning even further in some aspects of their mathematical and literacy 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

n monitor robustly the use of assessment information to help staff to provide highly challenging activities to help to raise learning to an exceptional level n provide a rich range of experiences to promote children's recognition of number, understanding of grouping objects, weight and rhythm and rhyme.

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What the setting needs to do to improve further

Inspection activities n The inspector observed the quality of teaching during activities and assessed the impact this has on children's learning. n The inspector carried out a joint observation with the manager. n The inspector held a meeting with the owner and the manager. She looked at relevant documentation and evidence of the suitability of staff working in the pre-school. n The inspector took account of the views of parents.

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Effectiveness of leadership and management is good

Arrangements for safeguarding are effective. Staff have a good understanding of child protection and wider safeguarding issues and know the procedure to follow if they have a concern. There are effective vetting and induction systems in place to ensure staff are suitable to work with children and their continued suitability is regularly assessed. The leader places a strong focus on staff evaluating their own practice to help to identify areas for further development to help to build on the good practice already achieved. Staff benefit from targeted training, staff supervisory sessions and regular staff meetings to increase their knowledge and keep them up to date. Parents receive good support when they need it most from the pre-school support worker. For example, she advises on issues, such as housing, debt, parenting skills, domestic abuse and immigration.

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Quality of teaching, learning and assessment is good

Staff warmly welcome children on arrival and they quickly settle into playing with the activities on offer. Staff use a good range of strategies to increase children's listening and attentions skills. For example, group time is used well to encourage children to sing the welcome song and to acknowledge each other and to talk about the weather and days of the week. Staff make good use of visual aids and musical instruments to capture children's interest and encourage them to join in during singing sessions. Staff place a strong focus on children learning how to work together as a group. For example, children help to make play dough and learn to follow instruction, share and take turns. Staff skilfully encourage children to talk about their interests. They introduce new words and concepts during activities and their interactions with children.

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Personal development, behaviour and welfare are good

Staff place a clear priority on teaching children and their parents about the importance of living a healthy lifestyle. Healthy eating, good oral hygiene and the importance of physical exercise are made a clear focus. For example, children are offered fresh salad, water or milk with their meals. Staff teach parents about the importance of children walking to promote their physical development and children have good opportunities to be physical indoors and outdoors. Children behave well and easily adapt to changes in the routine and staff help children to learn about the rules in place for their own safety. For example, staff teach children how to cross the road safely on their walks to the park and about the dangers of strangers.

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Outcomes for children are good

All children make good progress and are well prepared for their eventual move on to nursery or school. Children enjoy making marks, drawing and writing with a range of writing materials. Children thoroughly enjoy being outdoors in the fresh air. For example, children delight in racing the hoops and being active. Children have good opportunities to be creative and imaginative as they play in the role-play area and use the various art and craft and sensory activities. Children learn to count, recognise colour and problem solve as they play with the construction toys and puzzles. Children show a keen interest in singing and stories and enjoy being with staff.

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Setting details

Unique reference number EY475561 Local authority Birmingham Inspection number 10061616 Type of provision Full day care Registers Early Years Register Day care type Childcare on non-domestic premises Age range of children 2 - 8 Total number of places 40 Number of children on roll 9 Name of registered person Nechells Pre-School Ltd

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Date of previous inspection 9 July 2015 Telephone number 0121 314 1448 (option2)

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Nechells Pre-School registered in 2014. It operates from St. Matthews Church in the Nechells area of Birmingham. The pre-school employs five members of staff. Of these, one holds early years teacher status, three hold an appropriate early years qualification at level 3 and one holds a qualification at level 2. The pre-school opens on Wednesday, Thursday and Friday, from 9am until 2pm, term time only. 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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