Claycots Junior School

Christ Church Pre- School Christ Church Pre-School, Gally Hill Road, Church Crookham, Fleet, Hampshire GU52 6LH

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Inspection date 20 May 2019 Previous inspection date 10 November 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 The dedicated manager uses her excellent knowledge and experience to lead her team effectively and to model superb practice. Together, they strive to provide an exceptional service for children and their families. n Children's behaviour is impeccable. They are incredibly kind, helpful, polite and considerate of each other. Children demonstrate an excellent understanding of the highest standards of behaviour, rules and expectations, which they have developed with the staff. n Partnerships with parents and other early years professionals are outstanding. A highly collaborative approach to learning and support means targeted activities and action plans drive forward progress at a rapid rate. n Children express positive attitudes towards learning and demonstrate a 'can-do' attitude. They develop confidence and determination as they take on challenges in their play. For instance, children demonstrate excellent levels of curiosity as they

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This provision is outstanding

discover how ice melts to reveal toy bugs frozen inside. They focus intently as they explore how to use different tools to reveal the hidden objects. n Children are extremely confident, settled and happy. Staff are exemplary role models and have developed caring and fun relationships with children. They use a variety of techniques to support children's personal and emotional development, including visual aids and other prompts. n Professional development is extremely important to the management team. The team creates an environment where staff are committed to creating new initiatives to improve their knowledge and support the children. For example, all the staff are learning sign language to support children with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND), and children who speak English as an additional language.

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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 build on the already excellent partnerships with parents to develop further ways to involve all parents to support their children's learning at home.

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What the setting needs to do to improve further

n The inspector observed activities indoors and outdoors, and assessed the impact they have on children's learning. n The inspector carried out a joint observation with the manager. n The inspector held a meeting with the manager and spoke to staff and children at appropriate times during the inspection. n The inspector sampled a range of documentation, including children's records, policies, procedures and staff files. She checked evidence of suitability for all staff. n The inspector spoke to parents during the inspection and took account of their views.

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Effectiveness of leadership and management is outstanding

The manager uses her expertise to ensure that staff training and supervision are robustly monitored. Highly effective methods of performance management ensure that staff demonstrate consistently high-quality practice. As a result, staff feel exceptionally well supported and valued at the pre-school. The manager meticulously monitors groups of children to identify and address any gaps in learning swiftly, as soon as they emerge. She thoughtfully uses additional funding to rapidly close any gaps. She rigorously evaluates the quality of the provision to identify aspects of the service for further improvement. For example, she has recognised scope to look at even more ways to work in partnership with parents to extend children's learning further. Staff demonstrate a first-rate understanding of safeguarding procedures and practices. They have an exceptional understanding of how to report and record concerns. Safeguarding is

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Quality of teaching, learning and assessment is outstanding

The indoor and outdoor areas are highly stimulating and organised, enabling children to make exceptional progress in all areas of learning. Planning, observation and assessment are extremely robust and sharply focused on individual children, their progress and next steps in learning. Staff teach children to have an excellent understanding of the natural world. For instance, children use magnifying glasses and charts to search for mini-beasts by type and habitat. They demonstrate exceptional language skills as they name a variety of mini-beasts. Staff use their expert knowledge to challenge and extend children's early understanding of numbers. Children demonstrate this as they roll a dice and match the numeral with the correct amount of counters. They have a wide variety of excellent physical challenges. For instance, they learn to balance and steer wheeled toys safely, and take part in ball games to develop very good coordination skills.

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Personal development, behaviour and welfare are outstanding

Staff promote children's understanding of how to lead a healthy lifestyle extremely well. They place the utmost importance on teaching children to follow excellent hygiene routines. This is illustrated when children talk about the importance of handwashing after blowing their own nose. Children are highly independent. They demonstrate this by pouring their drinks and buttering their toast at snack time. Children have excellent opportunities to respect and understand the world around them and the similarities and differences of people in the wider world. For example, they learn about caring for the environment by recycling and visiting places of interest such as the local garden centre.

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Outcomes for children are outstanding

Children make rapid progress in all areas of learning. They are emotionally secure and show a strong sense of belonging. Children acquire all the necessary skills for the next stages in their learning. Their early literacy skills are developing extremely well. They enthusiastically use percussion instruments to beat the rhythm in their name as they listen carefully to sounds. Children are highly imaginative and express their creativity in a range of ways. For instance, they pretend to be chefs in the mud kitchen, devising a range of innovative dishes from the natural resources.

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Setting details

Unique reference number 109909 Local authority Hampshire Inspection number 10104173 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 Full day care Age range of children 2 - 4 Total number of places 26 Number of children on roll 43 Name of registered person Crookham Parochial Church Council Committee

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Date of previous inspection 10 November 2014 Telephone number 01252 617130

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Christ Church Pre-School registered in 2000. The pre-school employs eight members of childcare staff, all of whom hold appropriate early years qualifications, including one at level 4, six at level 3 and one at level 6 with qualified teacher status. The pre-school opens from Monday to Friday during term time. Sessions are from 8.50am to 11.50am on Monday and Thursday and from 8.50am to 2.50pm on Tuesday, Wednesday and Friday. The pre-school provides funded early education for two-, 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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