Monk Fryston Pre-School

Inspection of Monk Fryston Pre-School Church Hall, Church Lane,Monk Fryston, Leeds, North Yorkshire LS25 5DY

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Overall effectiveness Inadequate

The quality of education Inadequate Behaviour and attitudes Inadequate Personal development Inadequate Leadership and management Inadequate Overall effectiveness at previous inspection Outstanding

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The provision is inadequate

Children's safety is not protected. A breakdown in communication between the committee and the manager has led to a decline in the standards of care and learning. No one is monitoring and evaluating the manager's or staff's practice effectively. Continuous improvements are not made. Children are not supervised closely enough, and staff fail to risk assess and minimise potential hazards in the outdoor environment.

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The provision is inadequate

Appropriate support is not sought for children with possible special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND). Staff fail to ensure early interventions are in place to meet children's specific needs and abilities.

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The provision is inadequate

Children are happy and generally behave well, despite being left to amuse themselves mainly. However, staff do not engage and support children enough during their play. This leads to activities lacking challenge. For example, staff set out a printing activity to introduce children to acorns. They also provided different- coloured paints so that children could experiment with making different colours. However, the staff member placed pine cones in the tray for children to use and not acorns. Children had fun as they printed with the pine cones and then squelched the paint through their hands and made handprint pictures. However, staff fail to support or guide children's learning through purposeful play as they do not engage with the children at all.

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need to do better?

n Leadership and management are ineffective. The current committee is in the process of stepping down and a new committee has been appointed to take over. The current nominated individual confirms that supervisions have been undertaken on the manager. However, the manager expresses that she has received very little support and guidance from the committee since being appointed in January. The manager is aware that standards of care and learning have declined in the pre-school. However, too little is being done to secure improvements because the manager and committee are failing to work together to oversee and manage the pre-school effectively. n All required records were not available for inspection. While the manager has completed safer recruitment training, records relating to the suitability checks completed on the new deputy and her qualification certificate were not available. A first-aid certificate was only available for one staff member, and this certificate

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need to do better?

expired the day following inspection. While the manager confirms that other staff do hold current paediatric first-aid certificates, she was unable to verify this. The nominated individual confirmed that the pre-school does hold current insurance. However, the certificate on display had expired. Ineffective record

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need to do better?

7 November 2019 keeping is potentially compromising children's health and safety. n The manager is not monitoring the effectiveness of the curriculum or teaching practice. Staff are not provided with training or coaching to improve their practice. While staff have a general overview of children's development, they have not undertaken assessments of children's learning since the summer term. Staff are not aware of children's current levels of achievement within all areas of learning. This means they are unable to identify and plan challenging activities to support children's next steps in learning. Therefore, children are not supported to make the progress of which they are capable. n Children are not provided with opportunities to develop a positive attitude to learning. As staff fail to engage and motivate children in purposeful play experiences, children are not supported to develop their curiosity and

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need to do better?

concentration. Children often wander around, moving from one activity to another as staff fail to respond to their emerging needs and interests. As children become bored, their behaviour declines as they begin to run around. n When staff do engage with children, they benefit from these interactions. For example, children enjoy sitting with staff and listening to stories. During a group activity, one staff member supported children to listen and take turns as they followed her instructions. However, the activity was not challenging enough for older, more-able children. Staff do not consistently build on children's prior knowledge and skills. n Children with possible SEND are not adequately supported. The special educational needs coordinator (SENCo) has recently left and staff are unsure who has taken over this role. While staff identify children with possible SEND, they are unsure how to support these children to close identified gaps in their

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Safeguarding

The arrangements for safeguarding are not effective.

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Safeguarding

Staff fail to identify and promptly address risks in the outdoor environment. During the inspection, a large bin and a bag full of water were accessible to children and posed a risk of drowning. While action was taken by staff to minimise these hazards, this was only after the inspector identified this as a significant risk to children. Children are not always supervised effectively to promote their health and safety. For example, staff do not always position themselves so they can see all children in the outdoor environment. In addition, due to the use of display boards around the snack table, children are not always supervised while eating. However, staff are aware of the potential indicators of abuse and know the procedures to follow should they have a child protection concern.

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Due date

ensure risks are identified effectively and action is promptly taken to minimise these, with specific regard to ensuring there is no water allowed to accumulate in bins and bags in the outdoor area 08/11/2019

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ensure deployment of staff is effective when children play outside and when they have snack inside so that they are more closely supervised and kept safe 08/11/2019

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demonstrate how at least one member of staff with a current paediatric first-aid certificate is on the premises and available at all times when children are present 20/11/2019

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demonstrate how the pre-school is covered by appropriate insurance 20/11/2019

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ensure a record is maintained of the vetting processes that have been completed when new staff are appointed, including details relating to their Disclosure and Barring Service check (DBS), qualifications and references 20/11/2019

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ensure all records for the safe and efficient management of the setting are maintained and available for inspection 20/11/2019

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ensure effective supervisions are carried out to monitor the effectiveness of the manager's and staff's practice and provide appropriate support, coaching and training to promote continuous improvement 31/01/2020

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ensure staff develop knowledge of the role of the SENCo so that prompt action is taken when children are identified with possible SEND, including the provision of targeted support to aid their development and meet their specific needs 31/01/2020

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7 November 2019 ensure staff respond to children's emerging needs and interests, guiding their development through positive interactions so that each area of learning is implemented through purposeful learning experiences 31/01/2020

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ensure staff monitor children's progress more accurately and use this information to identify and plan challenging next steps to support each child's good progress. 31/01/2020

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Setting details

Unique reference number 400299 Local authority North Yorkshire Inspection number 10128187 Type of provision Childcare on non-domestic premises Registers Early Years Register Day care type Sessional day care Age range of children 2 to 4 Total number of places 24 Number of children on roll 16 Name of registered person Monk Fryston Pre-School Committee

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reference number

Telephone number 01977 681 050 Date of previous inspection 29 January 2015

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Information about this early years setting

Monk Fryston Pre-School registered in 1992. The pre-school employs three regular members of childcare staff. Of these, one holds an appropriate early years qualification at level 3 and one holds a qualification at level 5. The pre-school also employs three bank staff who work as and when needed. The pre-school opens on Monday, Wednesday and Friday from 9am to midday, and on Tuesday and Thursday from 9am to 3pm, term time only. The pre-school provides funded early education for two-, three- and four-year-old children.

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Inspection activities

n The manager completed a learning walk with the inspector. She explained how staff support children's learning. n The inspector held a meeting with the manager and had a telephone discussion with the nominated individual of the pre-school committee. She also spoke with staff, children and parents at appropriate times during the inspection. Staff's practice was observed during the course of the inspection. n A range of documents were sampled during the inspection, including staff's suitability checks and first-aid certificates. n The inspector and the manager jointly evaluated staff's teaching practice during an activity being delivered by a member of staff.

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Inspection activities

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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Inspection activities

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