Benchill Primary School

The Alphabet House Nursery School Alphabet School, Windmill Lane, Stratford, LONDON E15 1PG

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Inspection date 16 November 2018 Previous inspection date 16 November 2017

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This inspection: Good 2

Previous inspection: Requires improvement 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 The manager is conscientious and passionate about her role. She has high expectations of staff and keenly acts on the advice of others, such as other early years professionals, to help improve practice and children's outcomes. For instance, she has successfully raised quality of practice to good levels following the feedback from the last inspection. Self-evaluation processes are effective. n Children are happy and confident. Staff are welcoming, caring and responsive. They prioritise children's care, and support their emotional and physical well-being effectively. n Staff form effective partnerships with parents. For instance, staff communicate with parents regularly and share information and ideas with them, to help support children's development at home. n Children make good progress and develop the necessary skills for the next steps in learning and for their move to school. They develop particularly good independence

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The provision is good

skills. For instance, children manage their personal needs well, including serving themselves food and drink carefully at mealtimes, and learn to be responsible.

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It is not yet outstanding because:

n At times, staff do not reshape planned activities or follow children's interests and curiosity to build on what they know and extend their learning even further. n Staff in the pre-school room do not plan some large-group activities well to ensure all experiences fully match the needs and stages of development of all children participating.

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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 continue to build on staff's teaching skills to help extend children's learning opportunities further n review the organisation of large-group activities, particularly for older children, and fully match learning experiences to children's individual interests and stages of development.

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What the setting needs to do to improve further

Inspection activities n The inspector observed the interactions between staff and children as they engaged together in activities. n The inspector and the manager undertook a joint observation of a teaching activity. n The inspector held discussions with the manager and staff during the inspection about children's care and the activities provided for them. n The inspector took into account the views of the parents and carers spoken to on the day and engaged with children at appropriate times. n The inspector viewed documentation during the inspection, such as the setting's policies and procedures and children's attendance registers.

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Effectiveness of leadership and management is good

Safeguarding is effective. The manager understands her responsibility to protect children and implements effective policies and procedures to support their welfare. Staff know how to recognise and report any signs that indicate a child may be at risk of harm. The manager monitors the quality of staff's teaching practice effectively and supports staff well to help maintain good outcomes for children. She offers good opportunities for staff to develop their teaching, including training during staff meetings. The manager checks on children's progress effectively to recognise and address any gaps in children's learning swiftly. She and staff communicate effectively with other agencies working with children, to help support consistency in their care and learning experiences.

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Quality of teaching, learning and assessment is good

Children play in an inviting, well-organised and stimulating environment. They concentrate well and are keen to join in. Older children enjoy creative activities, such as while pretending to buy things in a shop role-play area. They learn to think of ideas and share them, developing their imaginations well. Staff support children's communication skills effectively, such as while modelling new words for children in context to help develop their language. Staff interact with children, generally, well. For instance, they join in with children's play and demonstrate how to use resources to help them learn to do things themselves. Staff successfully check on what children can do and know their key children well. They make accurate observations of children's abilities and, overall, plan suitably challenging activities to support their good development.

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Personal development, behaviour and welfare are good

Children behave well. Staff successfully teach children what their behavioural expectations are, such as through regular reminders, to help children learn what is acceptable. They support children's understanding of healthy lifestyles effectively. Children eat nutritious foods, are active and enjoy using equipment. For example, they use different equipment to climb and move on, such as wooden beams, to help develop their balance and physical skills. Staff regularly assess risks in all areas that children use, to identify and remove any hazards.

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Outcomes for children are good

All children make good progress from their starting points and develop skills that support their next stage of learning. Babies babble happily while they play and toddlers learn to use words during rhymes and stories. Older children speak confidently and listen to others well. Children develop good social skills, such as interacting with others kindly and sharing. Older children develop their early reading skills well, such as while retelling stories, and learn to use storybook language.

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Setting details

Unique reference number 132241 Local authority Newham Inspection number 10079755 Type of provision Full day care

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Registers

Early Years Register, Compulsory Childcare Register, Voluntary Childcare Register Day care type Childcare on non-domestic premises Age range of children 0 - 4 Total number of places 78 Number of children on roll 50 Name of registered person The Alphabet House Nursery Schools Limited

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Date of previous inspection 16 November 2017 Telephone number 020 8519 2023

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The Alphabet House Nursery School registered in 1994 and is in the London Borough of Newham. The nursery is open each weekday from 8am until 6pm, all year round. It employs 14 members of staff who work directly with the children, 13 of whom hold an appropriate early years qualification at level 2 or above. The manager holds a suitable early years qualification at level 6.

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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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