St Barbara's PreSchool

St Barbara's PreSchool St Barbara's Church, Rochester Road, Earlsdon, COVENTRY CV5 6AG

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Inspection date 11 October 2018 Previous inspection date 11 February 2015

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Effectiveness of leadership and management Requires improvement

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Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Requires improvement Personal development, behaviour and welfare Good 2

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3

Outcomes for children Requires improvement

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The provision requires improvement. It is not yet good because:

n Leadership and management are not fully effective in providing all staff with the support, guidance, coaching and training they need, so that they have a good understanding of how to promote children's learning. n Children are not making as much progress as they could. Teaching practices during adult-led activities across the pre-school are not consistently good. n Self-evaluation is not robust enough to identify all areas where improvement is needed.

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It has the following strengths

n Children are happy in this pre-school. On arrival, children enter the learning environment full of enthusiasm and are keen to explore all of the activities on offer. n Children are emotionally secure. Effective arrangements are in place for helping new children settle into the pre-school. Staff gently encourage children to separate from their parents. n Staff are aware of the individual interests of all of the children, including those who are very new to the pre-school. Staff effectively support younger children to access their own choice of play and have a go at the other experiences on offer.

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What the setting needs to do to improve further

To meet the requirements of the early years foundation stage and Childcare Register the provider must: Due date make sure leadership and management are fully effective in providing all staff with the support, guidance, coaching and training they need, so that they have a good understanding of how to promote children's learning 26/10/2018

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What the setting needs to do to improve further

ensure that all staff make better use of information gained from assessments to provide children with appropriate levels of challenge during adult-led activities, in order to help all children make the best possible progress. 26/10/2018

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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 make better use of ongoing self-evaluation to identify areas where improvement is needed.

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What the setting needs to do to improve further

Inspection activities n The inspector discussed teaching methods with the manager. n The inspector held meetings with the management team and spoke to staff and children at appropriate times throughout the day. n The inspector checked evidence of the suitability and qualifications of staff working with the children. n The inspector completed joint observations with the manager and observed activities in the indoor and outdoor areas. n The inspector took account of the views of parents spoken to on the day and from written feedback provided..

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Effectiveness of leadership and management requires improvement

Arrangements for safeguarding are effective. Staff receive regular training to ensure they are fully aware of the signs and symptoms of abuse and neglect. The designated person is aware of the procedures to follow in the event of a concern about a child in the care of the pre-school. Risk assessments of the indoor and outdoor areas are secure. Teaching practice in the pre-school is too variable and the provider does not currently monitor children's learning effectively enough. That said, the manager has identified some of the weaknesses in the provision and is beginning to make plans to raise the quality of teaching. Partnerships with other providers are secure. Parents and grandparents spoken to on the day of the inspection are extremely happy with the service they receive. All parents comment on the friendliness of the consistent staff team. They especially appreciate how staff continually communicate with them, informing them of their

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Effectiveness of leadership and management requires improvement

children's progress and planned events at the pre-school.

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Quality of teaching, learning and assessment requires improvement

Some children are not making as much progress as they could. Staff observe, assess and plan for the children's learning. However, some of the teaching implemented in practice does not present the children with enough challenge. Some staff deliver activities with challenges that are far too high for the children's current level of development. Even so, older children initiate and create their own games from the good range of resources available to them. They converse maturely with one another, sharing their ideas as they play. Children engage in imaginative role play. For example, they confidently crawl around the room pretending to be caterpillars and fly like butterflies.

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Personal development, behaviour and welfare are good

Despite some weaknesses in teaching and learning, staff promote children's personal, social and emotional development well. Staff support children effectively to settle into the pre-school environment. Staff agree settling arrangements with parents on an individual basis. The pre-school staff are warm and inviting to children, their families and visitors. Children enjoy time outside. They have opportunities to make marks on the floor with chunky chalks and paint brushes that they dip into buckets of water. Children are beginning to learn about how to keep themselves safe. Staff remind them how to climb up and down a small step to reach the bathroom sink.

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Outcomes for children require improvement

Not all children are making good enough progress in all aspects of their development because of variations in the quality of teaching. However, overall, children are steadily developing the necessary skills in readiness for school. Older children in their second year of their pre-school education relate very well to staff and one another and they confidently make their needs and wishes known. Younger children learn how to participate in small groups, singing the good morning song and taking turns in holding and banging on a drum.

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Setting details

Unique reference number 223788 Local authority Coventry Inspection number 10070163 Type of provision Sessional day care Registers Early Years Register Day care type Childcare on non-domestic premises Age range of children 2 - 4 Total number of places 24 Number of children on roll 17 Name of registered person St Barbara's Preschool C.I.C.

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Date of previous inspection 11 February 2015 Telephone number 024 7667 6803 07719 480 705

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St Barbara's PreSchool registered in 1983. The pre-school employs four members of childcare staff, all of whom hold appropriate early years qualifications at level 3. The pre- school opens from Monday to Friday, during term time only. Sessions are from 9.15am until 12.15pm and there is a lunch club from 12.15pm to 1pm.

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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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