Winfrith Pre-School

Winfrith Pre-School School Lane, Winfrith Newburgh, Dorchester, Dorset DT2 8JL

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Inspection date 7 March 2019 Previous inspection date 24 May 2016

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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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This provision is good

n There are effective systems that enable good evaluation and reflection on children's experiences. Staff share their views and ideas on aspects to change. This has helped them to identify ways of improving children's interest in mathematics, when outdoors through, updated resources. n Children are very confident and competent learners. They do things for themselves safely and independently, gaining good skills for their move on to school. Children make good progress from their starting points. n Children communicate confidently. Staff engage them well in discussion and conversations. Children clearly express their views and opinions and make their needs known. n Staff interact well with the children. They are positive role models and show genuine interest in the children. Children respond well to them and seek them out for their play. n The manager and staff do not organise the play room and outdoors as well as they

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This provision is good

could to provide wider and more stimulating spaces that ignite children's interest in exploring and developing new ideas. n The manager and staff do not set up activities that children enjoy as well as they could to provide children with the space, resources and opportunities they need to engage and focus fully and positively on their learning, with less interruptions and disputes.

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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 consider the organisation of the play areas indoors and outside, to provide children with wider and more stimulating spaces to that ignite their interest in exploring and developing new ideas n improve how activities are set up to provide children with the space, resources and opportunities they need, to engage and focus more fully and positively in their learning, with less interruptions and disputes.

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What the setting needs to do to improve further

Inspection activities n The inspector observed the quality of teaching and children's learning indoors and outside. n The inspector completed a joint observation with the manager and discussed their findings. n The inspector spoke with the manager, staff, parents and children during the inspection. n The inspector sampled a range of documents relating to safeguarding and meeting children's care and learning needs.

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Effectiveness of leadership and management is good

There are clear systems for overseeing staff and making improvements. Self-evaluation ensures that changes occur and benefit the children. For example, effective tracking of children's progress has enabled the manager and staff to focus on how well they support boys learning, especially in their literacy skills. They have used funding well to purchase resources that target children's individual needs regarding making marks and enjoying sensory experiences. Staff receive good support to attend regular training to improve their teaching. This has helped them to give children clear and consistent explanations about their play and how their actions could impact negatively on others. There are good partnerships with parents and others that benefit all concerned. Parents feel part of their children's learning and receive good support to help them as a family. The manager and staff work well with parents to give children the best start. Safeguarding is good. There

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Effectiveness of leadership and management is good

are clear procedures for the manager and staff to follow, to protect children from harm. The manager and staff are clear about their responsibilities and how and when to report their concerns.

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Quality of teaching, learning and assessment is good

The manager and staff know the children well and support them successfully to achieve their next steps. They provide appropriate challenge to help the children in gaining new skills, such as counting, sorting and filling. The manager and staff challenge children well outdoors to control their movements, for example through hopping, jumping and running. The manager and staff support children particularly well to communicate and verbalise their needs and ideas. Children are confident talkers and articulate well when sharing their needs. The improvements to the observation, assessment and planning processes work well and enable staff to help children make steady and expected progress from their starting points.

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Personal development, behaviour and welfare are good

The manager and staff are positive role models and give very clear explanations about expectations for good behaviour. They take the time to let children know how their behaviour could impact on others and give them the opportunity to reconsider their actions and apologise when needed. Children respond positively to the staff's sensitive approach. Children are independent and sociable. From a young age, they learn to manage their own care needs and confidently ask for help. They show a great sense of pride in their achievements. All children learn good skills for future learning.

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Outcomes for children are good

Children are confident and active learners. They communicate well and like to 'have a go'. They develop good skills for moving on to school, such as learning to share and take turns, and do things for themselves at mealtimes. Younger children use a large spoon to help themselves to the range of fruit on offer at snack time. They carefully take the fruit from a larger bowl to their own without dropping any. Older children competently use a knife to spread butter on their pancakes unaided. Younger children count up to 10 confidently in their play and learn to count backwards from three to one. Children enjoy running outdoors and letting off steam and playing hide-and-seek and chasing games.

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Setting details

Unique reference number 153448 Local authority Dorset Inspection number 10062654 Type of provision Childcare on non-domestic premises Registers Early Years Register Day care type Full day care Age range of children 2 - 4 Total number of places 18 Number of children on roll 18 Name of registered person Winfrith Pre-School Committee

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Date of previous inspection 24 May 2016 Telephone number 01305 851877

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Winfrith Pre-School registered in 1993. It is located in Winfrith Newburgh, near Dorchester, Dorset. The pre-school is open Monday to Friday during term time only from 8.45am to 3.15pm. They receive funding for the provision of free early years education for children aged two, three and four years. The pre-school employs four members of staff, including the manager. Of these, two hold a relevant early years qualification to level 3 and one member of staff to level 2.

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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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