St Georges Pre-School Playgroup

Inspection of St Georges Pre-School Playgroup Daisy Avenue, Farnworth, Bolton, Lancashire BL4 0EJ

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Overall effectiveness Good

The quality of education Good Behaviour and attitudes Good Personal development Good Leadership and management Good Overall effectiveness at previous inspection Requires improvement

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The provision is good

Staff to get to know children well, from the start, because they have established strong partnerships with parents. Children settle in extremely well due to the well- established role of the key person and the warm, friendly and nurturing staff. Children form strong bonds and attachments to staff and make friends easily.

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The provision is good

Children are kind and caring and understand expectations of behaviour. Older children help younger ones with routines. For example, they tell them when it is snack time and when it is their turn to play the ball game. Children develop good attitudes. They show their friends how to sit with their legs crossed at circle time.

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The provision is good

Staff encourage children to manage their own feelings and emotions. This helps children to feel safe and secure. Children are supported well to develop good skills of independence and self-care. They are confident to ask staff for help, when needed, and staff are very responsive to their requests. For example, staff pick up on non-verbal cues from children who would like to play outdoors.

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need to do better?

n The manager has high expectations of the staff and what children can achieve. The views of parents and staff are welcomed and valued. Since the last inspection, the manager and staff team have carefully reflected on their practice and made effective changes. n The manager has not fully reviewed the effectiveness of the recently introduced programme of supervision meetings and monitoring of staff practice. Opportunities to share skills and knowledge between the staff are not fully in place to help raise practice even further. n Staff attend regular training and they use this information to improve their teaching skills. Following training, staff use a range of strategies to promote children's listening skills. For example, they encourage children to listen carefully to the hidden objects that they shake and work out what they are. n Staff work very hard to successfully create an inclusive, welcoming and

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stimulating environment in this pack-away setting. They work effectively with other professionals and seek early support, when needed. This helps to promote consistency in children's care, learning and development, and helps them to make good progress. n The manager ensures that children have daily access to outdoor play and fresh drinking water. Staff provide plenty of opportunities for children to be physically active and learn about making healthy choices. n The manager provides dedicated time for staff to complete observations and assessments of children's learning. On the whole, staff build on what children know and can do. This helps children to acquire the key knowledge and skills for

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12 September 2019 future learning. However, at times, staff do not make the most of spontaneous opportunities to fully extend children's learning. For example, at times, they do not give further explanations to help children learn about how things grow. n Parents are kept well informed about their children's progress and are invited to share information regularly about children's achievements. Parents praise the staff for ideas to continue children's learning at home and information about the importance of reading. n All children are physically active and enthusiastic in their play. They are eager to participate in activities and develop good control and coordination. For example, younger children join in action songs with vigour and energy. Older children form good pencil control and learn to write their name, ready for school. n Children learn to be independent and take manageable risks and challenges

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need to do better?

during their play. They carefully negotiate along the balance beams and stepping stones and use the tools and resources with care. n Staff pronounce words clearly and give children plenty of time to think and respond. They introduce new words such as 'pepper mill', 'pip' and 'hob' as children play and explore. Staff ask questions to check children's understanding and their memory of previous experiences. This helps children to develop good communication and language skills and become confident talkers.

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Safeguarding

The arrangements for safeguarding are effective.

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Safeguarding

The manager ensures that staff attend regular safeguarding training and understand their responsibilities in keeping children safe. Staff demonstrate a robust understanding of how to recognise signs of potential abuse and neglect and wider safeguarding issues. They know how to follow safeguarding procedures should they identify a child at risk of harm. There are good systems for the safe recruitment of staff to ensure that they are suitable to work at the playgroup. Staff complete regular risk assessments to keep the environment safe and secure. They help children to understand how to keep themselves safe, for example, as they learn to use the scissors with care.

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should:

n build on and evaluate the effectiveness of the new programme of supervision and monitoring, and encourage staff to share their skills and knowledge to help raise the quality of practice even further n make greater use of opportunities to consistently extend children's learning, particularly during spontaneous activities, to help them make the best possible progress.

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Setting details

Unique reference number 315973 Local authority Bolton Inspection number 10098651 Type of provision Childcare on non-domestic premises Registers Early Years Register Day care type Sessional day care Age range of children 2 to 3 Total number of places 26 Number of children on roll 14 Name of registered person Taberner, Maureen Anne

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reference number

Telephone number 07974 929360 Date of previous inspection 7 February 2019

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Information about this early years setting

St Georges Pre-School Playgroup opened in 1977. The playgroup employs five members of childcare staff. Of these, four hold an appropriate early years qualification at level 3 and one holds a qualification at level 2. The playgroup opens from Monday to Friday, term time only. Sessions are from 9am until midday.

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Inspection activities

n The inspector observed the quality of teaching during activities indoors and outdoors and assessed the impact this has on children's learning. n She spoke with staff and children during the inspection. n The manager and the inspector completed a learning walk and joint observations. n There was a meeting between the inspector and the manager. The inspector saw relevant documentation and evidence of the suitability of staff working in the pre-school playgroup. n The inspector spoke with a number of parents during the inspection and took account of their views.

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Inspection activities

12 September 2019 We carried out this inspection 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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