Toye Box Early Years Centre

Inspection of Toye Box Early Years Centre Maurice Toye House, 27 Middle Hill, ALDERSHOT GU11 1PL

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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 happy, settled and confident at the pre-school. Staff have high expectations for all children and their teaching is supportive of their individual level of development. Children enjoy the variety of activities and experiences available to them. For example, toddler children are fascinated as they watch the patterns and listen out for the sounds from the interactive lights. Children throughout the pre-school are well behaved. They build strong friendships from a young age and play imaginatively and collaboratively together. All children make good progress in their learning, including those with additional funding and with special educational needs and/or disabilities.

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The provision is good

Children play in a safe, clean and well-maintained environment. They benefit from the good focus on outdoor play, which supports them in being physically active. Children are supported to take risks as they use various equipment to climb and balance on. This promotes children's coordination and physical development well. Additionally, staff reinforce children's knowledge of safety rules as they remind them that they can only use the bikes when they have their helmets on. Children have many opportunities to investigate, and they enjoy exploring with sensory activities. For example, children have fun with different materials such as lentils in dough and enjoy making cereal bracelets.

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need to do better?

n Staff have a strong understanding of how children are developing and have a clear understanding of what children need to learn next. They plan and provide a broad curriculum that is supportive of children's development and based on children's interests. For instance, children of all ages enjoy singing and listening to stories where they become absorbed as props and puppets are added to bring the stories alive. n The quality of the curriculum is good. Staff support children's communication and language skills as they talk to them about what they are doing and what they could do next. However, on occasions, some staff do not give children sufficient time to think and respond to questions. Regardless of this, staff provide fun activities that interest the children. For example, children enjoy being creative with arts and crafts, making biscuits and exploring with various construction activities. n Staff work in close partnerships with parents and other professionals involved in

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children's care. Parents do not come into the pre-school due to the COVID-19 pandemic. However, they speak positively about the staff, the activities provided and how their children are progressing. Staff regularly share updates with parents and gain relevant information from them to maintain continuity of care and learning.

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15 February 2022 n Staff encourage children's awareness of the wider world well. They include different festivals in many activities. This helps to support children's understanding of celebrations and faiths from around the world. Staff support children who speak English as an additional language effectively . They encourage children to use words from their home language in the day. This enables other children to hear and learn new words, which supports their awareness of different cultures. n Overall, children behave well and are beginning to manage their own behaviour. Staff give gentle reminders as needed to help reinforce boundaries that keep children safe. They regularly praise children for helping, sharing and being kind to others, which helps to support their self-esteem. n Staff teach children good hygiene routines. For instance, they educate them in the importance of washing their hands prior to eating. Children bring in their

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own lunches from home. Staff support children's self-help skills well. For instance, staff teach children how to open packaging and help them to learn the skills to pour their own drinks. However, when children are eating, staff do not consistently support children to understand how to maintain their well-being. For example, some children at times move around and play with toys while eating. n The leadership team supports staff to ensure that their well-being is maintained. For instance, they offer time for staff to complete documentation and training within the working day. Staff comment they are well supported and state that they enjoy being part of the team. The manager offers regular supervision, discussions and team meetings to help staff reflect on their practice and to identify further training needs.

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Safeguarding

The arrangements for safeguarding are effective.

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Safeguarding

The management team and staff have a good understanding of safeguarding. They regularly attend training that helps to ensure that their knowledge and understanding of child protection issues and wider aspects of safeguarding are up to date. Staff know about the signs and indicators that could signify that a child may be at risk of harm and they know how to report a concern. They ensure that all areas used for children are safe and they undertake rigorous risk assessments to minimise hazards. This includes assessing the resources that children play with. Robust recruitment arrangements are in place and followed to ensure that staff working with the children are safe and suitable.

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should:

n review the organisation of some daily routines, with particular regards to mealtime, to ensure healthy practice is maintained

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should:

15 February 2022 n strengthen staff practice to consistently give children the time they need think and answer questions.

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Setting details

Unique reference number EY447664 Local authority Hampshire Inspection number 10222401 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 66 Number of children on roll 95 Name of registered person The Aldershot Garrison Pre-School Settings

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reference number

Telephone number 01252325307 Date of previous inspection 21 November 2016

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Information about this early years setting

Toye Box Early Years Centre pre-school registered under private ownership in 2013. It is one of four settings owned and managed by the trustees of Aldershot Garrison Pre-school Settings. It operates from the Toye Box Early Years Centre, which is situated on Ministry of Defence property in the garrison town of Aldershot in Hampshire. The pre-school is primarily for children of serving forces personnel, although some places are offered to children whose parents are not in the serving forces. The pre-school receives funding for the provision of free early education for children aged two, three and four years. It is open each weekday from 8.30am until 3pm during term time only. The pre-school employs 13 members of staff, nine of whom hold relevant early years qualifications.

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Inspection activities

n This was the first routine inspection the provider received since the COVID-19 pandemic began. The inspector discussed the impact of the pandemic with the provider and has taken that into account in their evaluation of the provider. n The manager explained the nursery curriculum during a learning walk with the inspector. n The manager and the inspector completed a joint observation of an activity together and discussed the quality of teaching and learning afterwards. n Children spoke to the inspector about the activities they took part in. n A number of parents provided feedback about the nursery through discussions with the inspector.

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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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