Barton Pre-School Nursery, Early Bird & Stay And Play Club

Inspection of Barton Pre-School Nursery, Early Bird & Stay And Play Club Barton C of E School, Jepps Avenue, Barton, PRESTON PR3 5AS

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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 Outstanding

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The provision is good

The manager and her staff team create a warm and welcoming environment where children demonstrate that they feel happy, safe and secure. Children look for their photographs to self-register on arrival and are immediately engaged in their chosen activities. They seek out their friends to share experiences with and are beginning to share and take turns as they play. Staff get to know children well. A successful key-person system, flexible settling-in sessions and home visits help staff to find out valuable information that assists children to settle quickly into pre-school life. Staff talk confidently about children and the different ways in which they learn. They skilfully support children with special educational needs and/or disabilities, sharing information with other professionals to ensure that interventions are timely and precisely address children's individual needs. Children show tolerance, awareness and concern for others as they work in groups to complete tasks.

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The provision is good

Sometimes, however, the organisation of group activities hinders potential learning opportunities.

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need to do better?

n Staff systematically plan a rich and varied curriculum that reflects children's individual interests. Children benefit from the highly stimulating learning environments both indoors and outdoors. They enjoy the time they spend at pre-school and show a keen interest in their chosen activities. n Children are able to explore and investigate freely. They are fascinated as they notice how the colour of water changes when they add brightly coloured paper. They test out their ideas and theories as they look for other ways to transfer water, for example by using different-sized sponges. n Children enjoy being creative. They make prints with vegetables and talk about the different colours they are using. Staff model how to use tools as children make 'cakes' and 'ice cream' with dough. Staff encourage children to describe what they are doing and skilfully ask them questions that promote their communication and language skills.

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n Children have frequent opportunities to develop their independence. In readiness for snack time, children chop up fruits for their friends and butter crackers. However, occasionally, these larger group activities mean that children wait for prolonged times and subsequently they lose concentration and their usually good behaviour wanes. For instance, some of the children miss valuable learning opportunities as staff talk about the importance of eating healthy foods such as fruits and vegetables. n Children are physically active both indoors and outside. Staff sensitively support children to develop their skills in using climbing apparatus. They guide children step by step, being careful not to over-direct. This successfully supports children's confidence to have a go and persevere when faced with new

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24 September 2019 challenges. Children try very hard to succeed at tasks and are delighted with their achievements, which are celebrated by staff. n Very strong relationships are fostered with parents, who praise the pre-school highly. A wealth of information is shared by the staff team about children's care and early learning. For example, next steps in children's learning are shared regularly and the online learning journal supports parents to contribute what their children are learning at home. n The dedicated and committed manager works well with her staff team to evaluate the effectiveness of the pre-school. They have regular meetings and together they reflect on practice and identify areas for further improvement. Purposeful supervision meetings and observations of practice support staff to develop their teaching skills. Training has a positive impact on experiences for children as staff apply their new-found knowledge and skills.

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Safeguarding

The arrangements for safeguarding are effective.

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Safeguarding

Staff have a thorough knowledge of child protection procedures. They have undertaken regular training to help them to recognise possible signs and symptoms of abuse and identify when a child may need additional support. Robust recruitment procedures are implemented and staff's ongoing suitability to carry out their roles and responsibilities is frequently checked. Staff ensure that children are able to play in a safe and secure environment, utilising detailed risk assessments and following stringent policies and procedures.

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should:

n review the organisation of larger group activities in order to maximise children's learning opportunities and their engagement and participation levels.

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Setting details

Unique reference number EY407514 Local authority Lancashire Inspection number 10109900 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 to 8 Total number of places 24 Number of children on roll 33 Name of registered person Barton Pre-School Nursery

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reference number

Telephone number 01772 864953 Date of previous inspection 8 May 2013

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Information about this early years setting

Barton Pre-School Nursery, Early Bird & Stay And Play Club registered in 2010. The setting employs five members of childcare staff. Of these, four hold appropriate early years qualifications at level 3 or above, including two with early years professional status. The setting opens Monday to Friday, during term time only. Sessions are from 8.45am to 3.30pm. The out-of-school club operates from 7.30am to 8.45am and from 3.30pm to 5.30pm. The setting provides funded early education for two-, three- and four-year-old children.

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Inspection activities

n The inspector and the manager completed a learning walk across all areas of the pre-school to understand how the early years provision and the curriculum are organised. n The inspector completed two joint observations with the pre-school manager. n The inspector observed the interactions between staff and children, and considered the impact on children's learning. n The inspector sampled documentation, including staff's qualifications, children's records and evidence of paediatric first-aid training. n The inspector spoke to parents and children during the inspection and took account of their views.

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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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