Jack In The Box Preschool

Inspection of Jack In The Box Playgroup The Wave Centre, Dominion Road, WORTHING, Sussex BN14 8JL

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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 caring and friendly to each other. They welcome their friends to join in with their game of football. As they decide the rules of the game together, children say, 'This is good sportsmanship!' Children are beginning to resolve minor conflicts between themselves. For example, they discuss how they can use a sand timer and take it in turns.

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The provision is good

Children benefit from a wide range of activities available to them, centred around their interests. They count plastic bugs as they try and make the weighing scales balance, which supports their mathematical development. Children develop excellent mark-making skills and many are confident to write their own name clearly. They benefit from rich opportunities, such as bark rubbing and painting.

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The provision is good

Children have a strong sense of self. They enjoy talking about their home lives and sharing stories with their key person. Children are confident and eager to learn. They get excited as they hunt for bugs in the garden and are gentle and kind to the bugs they find. Children enjoy expressing themselves at the 'make and do' table. They create robots and experiment with mixing different colours. Children proudly ask for their artwork to be displayed on the wall.

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need to do better?

n The manager has established good links with local primary schools to support children's transitions effectively. She works with other professionals involved in children's care, such as speech and language therapists. This helps to ensure a collaborative approach to children's education. n Staff support and extend children's learning by following their interests and planning further challenge as children play. For example, when children use plastic knives and tools to chip away at frozen ice blocks, staff ask children questions to challenge their thinking. n Children make very good progress with their communication and language. Staff share non-fiction books and introduce children to new words, such as 'larvae'. They talk to children about life cycles of ladybirds, which helps to promote their understanding of the world. Staff quickly identify children who need additional support and plan focused activities to support their speech development.

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n Children are offered a variety of healthy fruit at snack time. They are given choices about what they would like to eat and drink. Staff use opportunities throughout the day to talk to children about healthy eating, such as when they are cutting out food from magazines. Staff promote good oral health through discussion. n The manager has embedded a very effective key-person system. Staff know the children and families well and children regularly check in with their key person.

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29 April 2022 This helps children to feel safe and secure. Staff value each child as a unique individual. They act as very good role models and treat each other and the children with the utmost respect. Staff acknowledge children's feelings and nurture their emotions to build their self-esteem. n Parent partnerships are effective. Parents feel their children make very good progress in the setting. They speak highly of the staff team and state they are well supported as parents. Parents enjoy the regular meetings with their key person to find out about their children's progress and development. n The manager is reflective and ambitious in her vision for the setting. She ensures the teams' mandatory training is up to date. She completes some observations of the staff team to help improve performance. However, she does not always ensure that supervision is used effectively to identify professional development opportunities to raise the quality of teaching to an even higher

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need to do better?

level. n Staff promote children's independence. They encourage them to have a go at putting on their own coat before offering them help. Children make good progress in their personal development. For example, they wash their hands before snack time, which helps them to understand the importance of good hygiene. Staff prepare children for the next stage of their education well. For example, they support children to recognise their own name in both print and handwriting.

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Safeguarding

The arrangements for safeguarding are effective.

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Safeguarding

Staff are aware of who the designated safeguarding lead is for the setting. They know who to tell if they have a concern about a child. The manager is confident in her knowledge of safeguarding children. She works collaboratively with other professionals, such as social workers, sharing information to support the children and families she cares for. The team complete regular training to refresh and update their knowledge. Robust safeguarding policies and procedures are in place. The manager ensures that systems are in place to ensure adequate supervision of children at all times. For example, they use radios to communicate between the main building and the garden area.

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should:

n strengthen the arrangements for the supervision of staff to identify professional development opportunities that help raise the quality of teaching consistently to the highest level.

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Setting details

Unique reference number EY462953 Local authority West Sussex Inspection number 10228091 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 26 Number of children on roll 37 Name of registered person Jack In The Box Playgroup Ltd

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reference number

Telephone number 07775750456 Date of previous inspection 9 January 2017

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Information about this early years setting

Jack In The Box Playgroup re-registered in 2013. It operates within the Wave Centre in Worthing, West Sussex. The playgroup is open Monday to Friday, from 9am to 3pm, during term time. It receives funding to provide free early education for children aged two, three and four years. The playgroup employs seven staff. Of these, four hold early years qualifications at level 3 and two are working towards level 3 qualifications.

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Inspection activities

n This was the first routine inspection the setting 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 setting. n The manager joined the inspector on a learning walk and talked to the inspector about their curriculum and what they want the children to learn. n Children told the inspector about their friends and what they like to do when they are at playgroup. n The inspector talked to staff at appropriate times during the inspection and took account of their views. n The inspector carried out a joint observation of a communication and language activity with the deputy manager. n The inspector spoke to several parents during the inspection and took account of their views.

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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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