Hillsborough Nursery and First School

Stocks Green Pre- school Leigh Road, Hildenborough, Tonbridge, Kent TN11 9AE

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Inspection date 3 May 2019 Previous inspection date 17 September 2014

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This inspection: Outstanding 1

Previous inspection: Outstanding 1 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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This provision is outstanding

n Staff establish inspirational relationships with children. They get to know children's individual personalities and interests extremely well. This supports them to keep children enthused in fascinating learning experiences and helps them make incredibly good progress. Children have outstanding levels of positive well-being. n Children have worthwhile opportunities to respect and understand other people's similarities and differences outside of their own communities and religious beliefs. They learn about an extensive range of faiths, such as Judaism and write words in other languages, such as when exploring Chinese writing. n There are exceedingly good opportunities for children to gain mathematical skills. For example, they complete more difficult multiplication sums with great confidence. n All children are extremely confident to communicate their ideas. For instance, they are exceptionally enthusiastic to use puppets to share their fantasies with their friends.

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This provision is outstanding

n The manager and staff attend extremely beneficial training to support them to build on their already excellent skills and knowledge. For example, they have learned about the different ways to engage boys in their play, such as encouraging their interest in superheroes. n Staff establish exceptionally positive partnerships with parents and keep them extremely well informed. For example, they routinely share training knowledge as well as children's learning experiences when parents are invited in to learn about outdoor opportunities.

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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 strengthen the already excellent opportunities children have to develop their interest and skills in technology even further.

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What the setting needs to do to improve further

n The inspector observed staff interacting with children. n The inspector viewed the indoor and outdoor environments children use. n The inspector looked at written documentation, including a sample of the policies and procedures, risk assessments and staff training records. n The inspector spoke to children, parents and staff, and took their views into consideration. n The inspector carried out a joint observation with the manager and discussed the impact of the staff's teaching on children's learning.

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Effectiveness of leadership and management is outstanding

The manager and staff evaluate their practice exceptionally well. For example, they observe each other teach children daily and set incredibly challenging targets. The manager closely monitors the consistency of care and teaching staff provide. Staff expertly implement new activity ideas weekly and this helps children become fascinated to learn. The manager highlights a need to enhance children's already excellent skills and interest in technology even further. Staff use additional funding extremely effectively to meet children's individual needs. For instance, they have purchased equipment to help to enhance children's imagination. Safeguarding is effective. All staff have an outstanding knowledge and understanding of the safeguarding policies to help protect children's safety and welfare. Children learn how to keep themselves safe and participate in activities that require excellent levels of maturity. For example, they roast

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Effectiveness of leadership and management is outstanding

marshmallows on camp fires and use real tools, such as drills and saws.

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Quality of teaching, learning and assessment is outstanding

The manager and staff monitor and track children's individual and group progress exceptionally well. This enables them to rapidly identify any gaps and provide exceptionally good support for children to exceed their learning expectations. Staff build extraordinarily good partnerships with staff at other settings children also attend to provide them with an incredibly positive approach to their shared care and learning. For instance, they observe children and set next steps in their learning together. Staff help prepare children to manage the eventual move to school extremely skilfully. For example, they regularly visit the school and become familiar with routines, such as having lunch in the hall. Staff enthusiastically extend children's interests in fascinating ways. For instance, children who are enthusiastic about building go on to dig 'trenches' to lay pipes in the 'foundations'.

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Personal development, behaviour and welfare are outstanding

Staff are inspirational role models. Children are exceptionally polite and their behaviour is impeccable. Children have outstanding opportunities to challenge their physical abilities. They negotiate more complicated equipment with extreme confidence, such as climbing walls, tyre swings and large trees. Children develop an excellent understanding of healthy lifestyles. For example, they discuss the benefits of different food groups on their bodies and discuss portion sizes, such as carbohydrates, starchy fats and protein.

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Outcomes for children are outstanding

All children make outstanding progress from their starting points. Children have inspirational levels of empathy. For example, they take exceptional pride in caring for, brushing, and feeding the setting's pets 'Bob Flash' the land snail and the guinea pigs 'Marmite' and 'Violet'. Children participate in activities that require excellent levels of responsibility. For example, they are fascinated in pond-dipping experiences to learn more about the natural world.

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Setting details

Unique reference number 127649 Local authority Kent Inspection number 10104234 Type of provision Childcare on non-domestic premises

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Registers

Early Years Register, Compulsory Childcare Register, Voluntary Childcare Register Day care type Sessional day care Age range of children 2 - 4 Total number of places 20 Number of children on roll 59 Name of registered person Stocks Green Pre School

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Date of previous inspection 17 September 2014 Telephone number 01732 834115

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Stocks Green Pre-school registered in 1981. It is located in the grounds of Stock Green Primary School in Tonbridge, Kent. The pre-school is open Monday to Friday from 8.45am to 3.15pm, term time only. The provider receives funding to provide free early education for children aged three and four years. The preschool employs nine members of staff, eight of whom hold relevant early years qualifications at level 2 or above. This includes two members of staff who have an early years degree 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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