Clarendon Park Cherubs Preschool

Inspection of Clarendon Park Cherubs Preschool Brice Memorial Hall, Queens Road, Leicester, Leicestershire LE2 3FL

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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 Not applicable

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The provision is good

Children are active learners who enjoy playing outside. They learn through following their interests. Staff plan exciting opportunities to enable children to learn about and explore the natural world. For example, children dig for worms and investigate the wood pile for bugs and insects. They climb and take risks safely, having opportunities to practise their physical skills. Children have a positive attitude to their learning. They independently select activities they want to play with and display high levels of concentration. Children learn about mathematical concepts, such as recognising numbers and counting. They accurately count dinosaurs and match the group to the correct numeral. They talk with staff about the biggest and smallest number. This gives children the opportunity to be curious and compare and understand ideas about more and less.

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The provision is good

Children learn to take turns and to consider others. For example, they create pictures together on large sheets of paper. They share toy cars and wait while their friends have a turn to push their car down the garage ramp. Staff reinforce consistent expectations of behaviour in a kind and respectful manner. Children show increasing control of their emotions, benefiting from the calm and positive environment that staff provide.

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n Staff have a clear knowledge of what each child can do and what they need to learn next. They take the time to find out what parents know about their children and observe children to find out what they are interested in and can do. The curriculum is planned so that each child enjoys rich learning opportunities and makes good progress in their learning and development. n Children are inquisitive and enjoy exploring. For example, in the garden children are excited to make imaginary ice-cream sundaes. Older children follow recipe cards, adding pine cones and twigs. Staff help younger children to develop their small-muscle skills as they spoon pretend ice cream into cones. However, some staff do not consistently build on what older children already know and can do, or further extend their thinking as they play. n Staff prepare children for the next stage in their education. They read stories about starting school, help children to become independent in their care skills,

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and show them the uniform they will wear. n Staff establish effective partnerships with other agencies involved with children and their families. For instance, they use information from speech and language therapists to support children with special educational needs and/or disabilities. This helps to close any gaps in children's development. n Staff talk to young children as they play and help them build a wide vocabulary. Older children enjoy talking about stories they are familiar with. They describe

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22 June 2022 the house they are building with bricks so that the wolf cannot blow it down. They repeat 'I'll huff and I'll puff,' as they mix their own 'cement' and put the bricks together to build a safe house. However, sometimes staff do not adapt their practice to further support children who speak English as an additional language to understand and speak English. n Parents are very complimentary about the pre-school. They comment about what their children have learned at pre-school and that their children are keen to attend. They say that their children quickly develop skills to do things for themselves, such as putting on their wellington boots to play in the garden. Parents praise the support given by staff to ensure all children settle quickly. They appreciate the attention given to more nervous children to make sure their start at the pre-school is successful. Children's emotional well-being is a clear

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focus for staff. Staff are extremely sensitive to children's feelings and take swift action to ensure children feel positive, secure and content. n Staff are supported very well by a strong and dedicated management team. Together, they have a strong vision for the pre-school and reflect continuously on how they can improve. For example, they are improving the opportunities for children to develop their own ideas in their play by enabling them to self-select even more resources.

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Safeguarding

The arrangements for safeguarding are effective.

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Safeguarding

Staff have a secure understanding of their responsibilities to protect children, including protecting them from extremist views. They know how to recognise signs of abuse. The staff and manager know the procedures to follow if they have concerns about children's welfare. Staff complete regular training to strengthen their knowledge of safeguarding issues. The owners follow robust recruitment and induction procedures. They complete rigorous checks to ensure that only those suitable to work with children do so. Staff check the indoor and outdoor environments to ensure all hazards are removed, to enable children to play in a safe environment.

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should:

n strengthen staff's understanding of how to consistently develop and extend children's knowledge and thinking n increase staff's understanding of how to support children who speak English as an additional language.

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Setting details

Unique reference number 2528975 Local authority Leicester Inspection number 10208399 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 Full day care

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inspection

Total number of places 38 Number of children on roll 28 Name of registered person Your Cherubs Limited

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reference number

Telephone number 07930886870 Date of previous inspection Not applicable

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Information about this early years setting

Clarendon Park Cherubs Preschool registered in 2019. The pre-school employs five members of childcare staff. Of these, four hold appropriate early years qualifications at level 3. The nursery opens from Monday to Friday, term time only. Sessions are from 9am until 4pm, with wraparound care from 7.45am until 6pm. 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 provider 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 his evaluation of the provision. n The manager took the inspector on a learning walk around the pre-school to discuss what the staff provide and how this assists children in their learning and development. n The quality of teaching during activities indoors and outdoors was observed, and the inspector assessed the impact this has on children's learning. n The inspector spoke with management, staff, parents and the children at appropriate times throughout the inspection. n The inspector carried out a joint observation with the manager. n The inspector held a meeting with the manager. She looked at relevant documentation and evidence of the suitability of staff.

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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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