Peterpan Pre-School

Inspection of Peterpan Pre-School Hawley Pavilion, Hawley Road, DARTFORD DA2 7RB

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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 staff have strong relationships with the children and their families. They dedicate time to get to know children prior to them joining the setting. This enables them to plan activities that follow the child's interests and experiences. They understand the importance of working together with parents and sharing the learning journey so that children can reach their full potential. Staff are excellent role models and children demonstrate kind behaviour towards each other. They encourage the older children to help and look after the younger children during activities. Children are prepared well for their next stage of learning. They enjoy participating in a wide range of physical activities and have use of several outside spaces, including a large field. The parents speak very highly of the setting, referring to it as a pre-school that goes 'above and beyond' and a place where 'nothing is too much trouble'. They are included in lots of activities and the setting

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The provision is good

offers a lending library and creative activities for the parents to share with their children at home. The curriculum is varied and the staff plan activities to excite and challenge the children. The children enjoy lots of baking and recently had a yoga session with an outside provider.

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need to do better?

n The manager works closely with the parents to ensure that children settle quickly into the setting. She provides a six-week settling-in period, where the parents can really get to know the key person and share their children's interests prior to them starting. n Parents report that they feel included in the setting. They are invited on trips with the children. They recently went apple picking at a local farm and are due to visit Father Christmas soon. The setting shares next steps for the children during parents' meetings and regularly during drop-off and pick-up. As the setting has a small staff team, all staff know the children well and parents can speak to any member of staff in the absence of the child's key person. n The children enjoy participating in lots of exciting and challenging activities. The setting has a vast selection of resources which are easily accessed independently by the children throughout the day. The role-play area is adapted regularly to

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follow the interests of the children. It is currently a hospital due to the recent experiences of one of the children. They discuss x-rays and the children learn how to use doctor's equipment, such as stethoscopes. n Staff have some opportunities for professional development. For instance, one staff member attended a sign language course and has taught the children to use this to say good morning. However, highly effective systems for staff development and supervision are not in place. On occasion, the manager misses some staff training needs. She does not monitor staff closely enough to ensure teaching is consistently of a very high quality.

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need to do better?

2 December 2019 n The setting has close links with the local primary schools and this ensures that children are well prepared for the next stage in their learning. The setting supports the children well for their transition to school, providing uniform for the children to dress up in and visiting the schools with the children. n The staff read exciting stories to the children. They use different intonations in their voice and props to keep the children interested. Even the youngest children are attentive throughout the story and join in with the repeated parts of the story that they recognise. n The setting promotes healthy eating and the children have a selection of fruit and vegetables to choose from at snack time. They develop their independence through pouring their own drinks and selecting the fruit of their choice. They also promote healthy lunch boxes by sending notes to parents with suggestions

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need to do better?

of what to put in them. n Staff are very skilled in supporting children who speak English as an additional language. They say hello in their home language and staff provide translations of their assessments of children for parents.

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Safeguarding

The arrangements for safeguarding are effective.

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Safeguarding

The staff have a good understanding of safeguarding. The manager ensures staff complete mandatory child protection training and have a good knowledge of their role. This helps them to keep children safe and secure at the setting and enables them to identify any signs of abuse. The manager follows robust recruitment procedures to ensure that staff are suitable for the role. Continued suitability is monitored through staff joining the Disclosure and Barring Service update system and discussion with staff at appraisals. The manager ensures that policies and procedures are regularly checked and updated and these are shared with parents at the setting. Staff share information with parents via their newsletters to ensure that children are kept safe at home as well as at the setting.

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should:

n strengthen the arrangements for staff supervision, support and training, to help ensure all training needs are promptly identified and raise the quality of teaching to a consistently high level.

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Setting details

Unique reference number 127446 Local authority Kent Inspection number 10105149 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 to 4 Total number of places 26 Number of children on roll 47 Name of registered person Ralph, Susan Jane

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reference number

Telephone number 07939 023 517 Date of previous inspection 25 September 2015

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Information about this early years setting

Peterpan Pre-School registered in 1996 and is situated in the village of Hawley, Kent. The pre-school is open Monday, Wednesday and Friday from 9am until 3pm, and on Tuesday and Thursday from 9am to 12.30pm, during term time only. The pre-school receives funding for the provision of free early education for children aged two, three and four years. There are seven members of staff, six of whom hold appropriate early years qualifications. Of these, one holds a Level 4 and five have a Level 3.

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Inspection activities

n The inspector completed a learning walk with the manager. n The inspector spoke to several parents at drop off regarding their views of the setting. n The manager observed staff practice with the inspector and identified ways to improve this. n The inspector spoke to staff and children throughout the inspection at convenient times. n The inspector looked through a sample of relevant documentation including staff suitability and qualifications. n The inspector discussed children's progress with the staff and the next steps in their learning.

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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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