Heanor Pre-School

Inspection of Heanor Pre-School Heanor Baptist Church, Derby Road, Heanor, Derbyshire DE75 7QL

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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 Good

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The provision is good

Children are very happy and content in the pre-school. They feel safe and show confidence and motivation as they independently explore the activities on offer. Children show high levels of care for one another and help each other to fill buckets of water, to tip into the outdoor sand pit. They share resources with each other and take turns 'driving' the outdoor car pallet to the seaside. Children have strong relationships with staff. They show consideration for staff by wanting to carry out tasks. They help to sweep the floor after snack time and enjoy the reward of being called super star helpers.

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The provision is good

Children show excitement when joining in activities. They learn about physical movement as they take part in 'wiggles and squiggles'. Children dance around to music joining in wiggles, using ribbons to make big circles, rainbows and up and down movements. They then move on to squiggles, using music and the same big movements to draw with crayons and make marks on to a large roll of paper. The children blow bubbles and watch them pop and fly high into the sky. While watching the bubbles, children talk to staff about what they can see in the sky.

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need to do better?

n The manager encourages staff to reflect on their practice. She discusses improvements with staff from her termly 'walk of the floor'. She provides staff with some opportunities to improve professional development. However, further training, mentoring and coaching needs to be provided to staff to help support them to respond and adapt their teaching as necessary. n Leaders and staff work well with a range of partner services and have strong links within the community. This ensures that when staff identify gaps in children's learning, they can access additional support in a timely manner. For example, a parent talks about how well the staff worked with a partner service, to offer support and share information when her child started at the pre-school. n Parents are happy with the pre-school. They say that staff are 'brilliant' and are 'nice and approachable'. Parents talk about the progress their children have

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made since starting at the pre-school. They talk about how their child's social, language and communication skills have improved. For example, staff support children's speech and language at home. Staff send home 'chatter bags' to offer real objects for parents to practise everyday words with their child. n The leaders have a clear vision for the pre-school. They ensure that the pre- school environment and resources meet the needs of all the children. Leaders and staff set up limited resources, they let the children decide and lead their own play using their own ideas. For example, the children use a wooden pallet outside, using their imagination skills to go on holiday to the farm and the seaside. A child takes notes, while another child drives the car. Some children

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need to do better?

28 September 2021 discuss what they are going to do at the seaside and which flavour ice creams they are going to buy. n Children take pride in their achievements at pre-school. For example, children work together to complete a puzzle. Once completed, they jump up and down and shout, 'We did it,' and show care for each other by holding hands. n Staff encourage children to negotiate sharing with their friends. For example, when two children want to play with the same princess bag, staff talk to the children and offer advice. They talk about taking turns and one using it first and then letting their friend use it. Children show respect for each other and staff. They resolve the situation between each other and continue to play together. n Leaders use additional funding effectively to help support children's learning and development needs and to widen the experiences on offer for children. For example, they know the children and their families well and they use this

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knowledge to offer new experiences through providing resources in the setting and to use at home. In addition, funding is also used to support the cost of ingredients for cooking and baking activities. n Staff support children to manage hygiene routines for themselves, using picture sequences displayed in the pre-school. For example, children are able to wash their and dry their own hands and put on and take off their coats for outdoor play.

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Safeguarding

The arrangements for safeguarding are effective.

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Safeguarding

Leaders have strong recruitment procedures in place for ensuring the suitability of staff. Leaders are proactive in reviewing staff members' ongoing suitability to work with children and monitor this every six months. Staff have a good understanding of how to keep children safe. They know the possible signs and symptoms that may mean a child is at risk of harm. Staff know how, where and who to refer to, if they have a concern about a child or if they have a concern about a colleague.

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should:

n improve professional development opportunities for staff, which will build on existing practice in the teaching of the curriculum.

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Setting details

Unique reference number 206789 Local authority Derbyshire Inspection number 10062453 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

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inspection

Total number of places 30 Number of children on roll 24 Name of registered person Heanor Pre-School Playgroup Committee

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reference number

Telephone number 07944 143158 Date of previous inspection 7 December 2015

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Information about this early years setting

Heanor Pre-School registered in October 1992. The pre-school playgroup is run by a voluntary management committee. The pre-school is located at the side of the Heanor Baptist Church in Derby. The pre-school employs four members of childcare staff. All hold appropriate early years qualifications at level 3 or above. This includes the manager who has a foundation degree in Early Childhood Studies. The pre-school is open on Monday and Wednesday from 9am until 3pm and on Tuesday, Thursday and Friday from 9.30am until 12.30pm. The playgroup provides funded early education for two-, three- and four-year-old children.

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Inspection activities

n This was the first routine inspection the provider received since the COVID-19 (coronavirus) pandemic began. The inspector discussed the impact of the pandemic with the provider and has taken into account in her evaluation of the the provider. n Leaders and the inspector completed a learning walk to see how the curriculum is designed to meet the needs of the children. n The inspector carried out a joint observation with the manager to look at the quality of teaching. n The inspector gathered parents' views by speaking with them. n The inspector talked to children and staff throughout the inspection. n The inspector carried out a meeting with leaders to discuss and gather leadership and management information.

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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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