Gurnard Pre-School

Inspection of Gurnard Pre-School Baring Road, Cowes, Isle of Wight PO31 8DS

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Overall effectiveness Outstanding

The quality of education Outstanding Behaviour and attitudes Outstanding Personal development Outstanding Leadership and management Outstanding Overall effectiveness at previous inspection Good

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The provision is outstanding

Children's social and emotional development are given the highest priority. The very well-established routines, combined with the excellent layout of the nursery, support children well. They also help to promote even the youngest children's independence and self-esteem to the highest level. From the youngest age, children quickly form very strong attachments to staff. Staff work very closely with parents to mirror children's routines from home. Children's growing understanding of how to keep themselves safe and healthy is exemplary. For example, children notice that the dinosaurs outdoors have bird droppings on them and instantly suggest using water, a bucket and soap to clean them before using them.

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The provision is outstanding

Children's interests and areas of development are consistently used to plan the environment and activities across the provision. This approach to learning builds on children's learning from one room to the next. For example, in the baby room there is a strong focus on enhancing physical skills, which is then built on by staff in the toddler room. Sharply focused learning opportunities help to ensure that children make significant progress. By continuously building on children's prior skills across the provision, staff very successfully enable children to be enormously well prepared for the next steps in their learning.

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The provision is outstanding

Children take the lead in their play to 'have a go', interact and build on their strong desire to learn. For example, children confidently name colours, enjoy counting objects and recognise items they find submerged in water during a treasure hunt. All children, including those in receipt of funding and those with special educational needs and/or disabilities, make consistently high rates of progress in all areas of learning.

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n Staff are extremely effective in promoting children's growing understanding of how to keep themselves safe and healthy and constantly praise them for their achievements. Consequently, children are able to assess risk effectively. For example, they confidently speed through the outdoor space on ride-on toys. n The exceedingly high expectations that staff have of children contribute to the remarkable levels of confidence and independence children display. They learn to listen to others and join in routine activities, such as getting ready for yoga and preparing for mealtimes. n Staff promote children's physical development very well. For example, children develop good control of their movements as they roll a large log down a slope. As a result, children's agility and physical control are well developed. n Staff are inspirational in their emphasis on children's health, hygiene, welfare and well-being. Younger children are relaxed, settled and secure in the care of

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28 June 2022 nurturing staff. Children enjoy regular walks and outings outside of the nursery. Staff use these opportunities to further broaden children's experiences of people and communities. Therefore, children feel confident and self-assured to share their ideas and experiences with visitors. n Children flourish in an exceptionally well-resourced environment. The spacious outside area and woodland, in particular, are used to provide children with a wealth of inspirational and innovative learning experiences. n A wide range of successful strategies are used to ensure parents are fully involved and very well informed about their child's learning. Parents are highly complimentary of the nursery. They particularly praise how welcome they and their children are made to feel. They comment that the nursery has exceeded their expectations by providing exactly what their children need. n Noteworthy systems of performance management ensure that each member of

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staff is supported to deliver the highest-quality teaching experiences to every child. Staff are extremely responsive to children's individual needs and the different ways they learn. As a result, children are rapidly progressing in their development. n Managers have expert knowledge of how children learn best through play and first-hand experiences. They ensure that activities provide optimum challenge and are sharply focused on what individual children need to learn next. This helps to promote the highest level of achievement for children of all ages, including children who speak English as an additional language. n Staff are exceptionally well deployed to support children's play and learning. They all use skilful questions to successfully encourage children to think and work out their own ways of doing things. The impact on children's social independence is impressive. n The special educational needs coordinator is inspirational and has excellent

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systems in place to observe, monitor and track children's progress. Knowledge gained is used exceedingly well to provide targeted strategies to rapidly close any identified gaps in children's learning.

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Safeguarding

The arrangements for safeguarding are effective.

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Safeguarding

Staff have robust knowledge of the signs and symptoms of abuse. They understand their responsibility to report concerns and know the process for doing this. They complete regular training to keep their knowledge up to date. They have an exceptional understanding of the wider issues in society, such as the 'Prevent' duty, and are able to identify the signs of extreme views and behaviours. They are aware of the process to follow where an allegation is made against staff and have effective systems in place to ensure their ongoing suitability.

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Setting details

Unique reference number EY440861 Local authority Isle of Wight Inspection number 10075054 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 39 Number of children on roll 70 Name of registered person Gurnard Pre-School

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reference number

Telephone number 01983 280 441 Date of previous inspection 18 March 2016

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Information about this early years setting

Gurnard Pre-School registered in 2012. It operates from a purpose-built unit on the site of Gurnard Primary School, Isle of Wight. It is open each weekday from 7.30am to 5pm term time only, and 8am to 3pm during the holidays. The breakfast club operates from 7.45am to 8.45am, the pre-school from 8.30am to 2.45pm, and the after-school club from 3pm to 5pm. The provider receives funding to provide free early education for children aged two, three and four years. There are 14 members of staff, all of whom hold suitable early years qualifications to at least level 3, including two at level 6 and one who has qualified teacher status.

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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 A meeting was held with the manager and documentation, including evidence of the suitability of staff working in the nursery, was considered. n The quality of teaching during activities indoors and outdoors, and assessment of the impact this has on children's learning, was discussed. n The inspector spoke with staff and children during the inspection and completed joint observations with managers. n Parents' views were also taken into account.

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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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