Chattertots Harrow Pre School Language Resource

Chattertots Harrow Pre School Language Resource Earlsmead Primary School, Arundel Drive, Harrow HA2 8PW

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Inspection date 17 October 2018 Previous inspection date Not applicable

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This inspection: Outstanding 1

Previous inspection: Not applicable Effectiveness of leadership and management Outstanding 1 Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Outstanding 1 Personal development, behaviour and welfare Outstanding 1 Outcomes for children Outstanding 1

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The provision is outstanding

n The manager is highly inspirational. Very high expectations motivate staff to work closely as a team to provide the highest-quality care and teaching. Staff work extremely closely together with the manager to evaluate and reflect on their practice. They incorporate the views of parents and children into plans for further development. n Children who have special educational needs (SEN) and/or disabilities receive exemplary levels of support. Staff place an exceptionally strong focus on helping children to develop their language and communication skills. They work extremely closely with other professionals to identify and provide the support children need. n Staff provide highly stimulating activities for all ages and meticulously enhance activities further while children are fully engaged to support learning and development. Children make remarkable progress from their unique starting points. n Children are extremely confident, happy and secure. Highly responsive staff offer

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The provision is outstanding

children exceptional levels of emotional support. Staff are excellent role models to the children. Children thrive in this inspiring environment. n Partnerships with parents are excellent. Staff fully include parents in their children's ongoing learning. They regularly exchange information with parents and provide workshops for them to help ensure consistency between home and setting. Parents praise the excellent care, support and learning opportunities the staff provide.

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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 extend the already excellent use of information from assessments to further check on the progress made by different groups of children.

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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 indoors and outdoors and assessed the impact this had on children's learning. n The inspector completed a joint observation with the nursery manager. n The inspector spoke to children and staff at appropriate times throughout the inspection. n The inspector held meetings with the manager. She looked at relevant documentation and reviewed evidence of the suitability of staff working in the nursery. n The inspector spoke to and looked at written views from parents during the inspection and took account of their views.

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Effectiveness of leadership and management is outstanding

Safeguarding is effective. The manager and staff have excellent knowledge of safeguarding procedures. They are highly proactive in protecting children from harm and know exactly what to do should they have concerns about a child's safety or welfare. Robust recruitment and ongoing checks help to ensure adults are suitable to work with children. The manager supports staff extremely well. Staff attend a wide range of training opportunities that supports them to improve their teaching skills continually. The manager has a secure overview of children's individual progress. She supports staff to make extremely accurate assessments of children's learning and identify precise next steps for each child to challenge and enrich their development. The manager recognises the potential within the tracking arrangements to focus more precisely on the achievement of all groups of children to continue to maintain excellent outcomes.

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Quality of teaching, learning and assessment is outstanding

High-quality teaching methods from all staff enhances children's enjoyment of learning. Staff expertly support children's language development to help them rapidly expand their communication skills. For example, staff use sign language, facial expression, and demonstrate and use picture cards exceptionally well to support children's understanding. All children enjoy singing their favourite songs and rhymes. They skilfully count down from five to one as they sing and do the actions to songs. Staff expertly extend the children's learning by adding mathematical challenges. For example, children enjoy working out how many more they need to make four and how many they would add to make ten. Staff are animated while reading and expertly promote new words and sounds. They capture the attention of children with imaginative reading and expressive intonation to bring stories to life. Staff repeatedly explain about turning the next page so

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Quality of teaching, learning and assessment is outstanding

that children understand that stories continue sequentially.

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Personal development, behaviour and welfare are outstanding

Children behave exceptionally well. They enjoy regular fresh air in the outdoors and engage excitedly in energetic play to help develop their physical skills and promote their understanding of healthy lifestyles. Staff continually support children's independence, for example, as they learn to wash their hands, put on their coats and serve their own snack. Children gain superb first-hand opportunities to expand their understanding of people, families and communities through creativity, imagination and teaching. Staff support children to negotiate with each other in sharing and taking turns with toys.

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Outcomes for children are outstanding

All children demonstrate exceptional positive attitudes to learning. Children who have SEN and/or disabilities are quickly identified and make rapid progress due to highly personalised and stimulating activities. Children are highly motivated and eager to take part, listen, concentrate and think. They are exceptionally well prepared for their next stage in learning and for school.

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Setting details

Unique reference number EY538146 Local authority Harrow Inspection number 10076986 Type of provision Sessional day care Registers Early Years Register Day care type Childcare on non-domestic premises Age range of children 3 - 4 Total number of places 16 Number of children on roll 10 Name of registered person Harrow Pre-School Language Unit

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Date of previous inspection Not applicable Telephone number 020 8958 2351

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Chatter Tots Harrow Pre School Language Resource registered in 2016. The pre-school is open Monday to Friday, during term time only, from 9.15am until 12.15pm. It employs six members of staff. Of these, four staff hold appropriate early years qualifications at level 3 or above and one at level 6. A speech therapist is also on site three mornings per week and an assistant speech therapist works with the children two mornings per week. The pre-school mainly supports children who have special educational needs and/or disabilities and only those referred through the speech therapy team. The pre-school receives funding to provide free early years education to 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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