Fence Pre School

Inspection of Fence Pre School Scout and Guide HQ, Wheatley Lane Road, Fence, Nr Burnley BB12 9EE

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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 excited and happy when they arrive into pre-school. They are greeted warmly by practitioners. Children enter into conversations with staff and other children immediately. The nurturing manner of staff helps all children feel safe and secure in their surroundings. As a result, children confidently explore and access the well-equipped environment. Additionally, children stand up in front of the group with pride to talk about interests from home or special occasions. Leaders and staff model positive language and respect. Children learn how to resolve conflict and how their actions may have an impact on other's feelings. Children know how to share and what behaviour is expected of them during the day.

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The provision is good

Children enjoy spending time in the large, exciting, outdoor area. They use their imagination and senses to enhance their play. Children pick leaves from the plants that they have grown, to add a 'minty smell' to their 'mud pies'. Additionally, they use items from the garden to make a birthday cake out of sand for their friends. Children confidently count candles they add on top and investigate how heavy their creation is. They show good mathematical awareness.

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The provision is good

All children use excellent communication skills to express themselves and to ask questions that help them further their understanding. They love to listen to stories that engage their thinking and curiosity. Children repeat new words and are eager to join in with songs, using animated sounds and actions. They are proud when they receive praise for having a go at tasks, encouraging them to continue.

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need to do better?

n Leaders and staff encourage children to lead their own play as they help support each child to learn and achieve, including those children with special educational needs or disabilities (SEND). Children with SEND receive high levels of support and are well included in the pre-school. This helps them, like all children, make good progress in their learning and development. n All staff work hard to get to know each child. This helps them meet children's individual needs and supports their continued progress. However, occasionally some children become disengaged from play at certain times during the day, such as group times. Strategies to adapt routines or activities are not consistently planned to ensure individual children's ages and stages in development are being considered, in order to help them remain fully engaged in play. n Parents use agreed communication techniques with the setting to keep up to

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date with their children's learning. They receive consistent support from staff and ideas for them to try with their children. This has been particularly useful for families who have not spent much time in pre-school, since the COVID-19

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need to do better?

5 May 2022 pandemic. Parents have been able to help continue their children's development and follow their interests at home. n The manager offers great support to all her staff. She is passionate about evaluating the setting as a team and valuing individual ideas. Staff are encouraged to complete tasks to continually develop their skills and improve their all-round abilities. The manager is working on new ways to check staff's understanding and support them to consistently use their new skills to raise standards further. This is to help staff respond even more swiftly to children's needs. n Staff assess children's levels of development and encourage children to build on what they already know. For example, children investigate the tadpoles in the garden, learning about the life cycle of a frog. Staff ask children to recall their drawings and photos of the frogspawn. Children talk about how the animal is

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growing and are excited when they identify little legs. They hop around like frogs, helping each other to move their legs out to the side as they jump. n Children are well supported to progress on to their next stages in learning, such as starting school. Staff consistently encourage children to complete tasks independently, such as putting on coats and getting themselves a drink of milk or water. Children are encouraged to make their own marks and understand simple letters and sounds in words. This helps their early writing and reading skills.

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Safeguarding

The arrangements for safeguarding are effective.

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Safeguarding

Leaders and staff show an understanding of the signs and symptoms suggesting child abuse. They are aware of where to go to report a child protection concern, both within the setting, and the local authority. Staff know how to keep children safe when they are in pre-school. They carry out risk assessments to remove hazards that may cause an injury to children. All staff have a current paediatric first-aid qualification, which helps them know what to do in the event of an accident or emergency. They know how to report and record any incidents that do occur.

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should:

n plan routines within the day that further help consistently engage each child in learning, with consideration of their ages and stages in development n enhance continual processional development strategies that help embed staff's new knowledge and skills, so that they can apply this in their support for children's care and development.

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Setting details

Unique reference number EY458241 Local authority Lancashire Inspection number 10236073 Type of provision Childcare on non-domestic premises Registers Early Years Register Day care type Full day care

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inspection

Total number of places 30 Number of children on roll 54 Name of registered person Edmondson, Beverley Marie

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reference number

Telephone number 07765952766 Date of previous inspection 22 November 2016

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Information about this early years setting

Fence Pre School registered in 2012. The pre-school employs six members of childcare staff. Of these, five hold appropriate early years qualifications at level 3 and above. One member of staff is unqualified. The pre-school opens from Monday to Friday, term time only. Sessions are from 8am until 4.30pm. The pre-school 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 pre-school received since the COVID-19 pandemic began. The inspector discussed the impact of the pandemic with the manager and has taken that into account in their evaluation of the setting. n The manager and the inspector completed a learning walk and discussed how the pre-school deliver their curriculum. n A number of parents spoke to the inspector and provided written statements. Their views were taken into account. n The inspector spoke to the manager, staff and children at appropriate times during the inspection. n The inspector observed interactions between staff and children and evaluated the impact this had on children's learning and development across the curriculum.

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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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