Towerview Playschool

Inspection of Towerview Playschool Apple Vale Childrens Centre, Lime Tree Avenue, BROADWAY, Worcestershire WR12 7BD

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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 Outstanding

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The provision is good

The pre-school is welcoming. Children have positive attitudes to attending and easily separate from their parents and/or carers on arrival. Staff support children to settle in and ensure their care needs are met. The atmosphere in the pre-school is calm and relaxed. Staff promote key behaviour expectations, including kind hands, kind feet and kind words. Staff use daily circle time to remind children of these boundaries and help them put together a visual routine board to ensure they know what is happening during the day. Behaviours between staff and children are very respectful. Children's views are actively sought and their thoughts are valued.

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The provision is good

The curriculum is suitably ambitious. Children have fun as they make choices about what they want to do between the indoor and outside play environments. Communication, language and literacy are a key focus in this pre-school. Staff talk to children constantly and they teach all children sign language, which they use as a key communication tool. This is especially helpful for those who struggle to communicate verbally. Children enjoy listening games, plenty of stories and singing sessions. They also like making a variety of marks and writing their names using chalks outside. Staff promote and develop children's core strength, balance and control using planned yoga sessions. Children participate as a whole group; they follow instructions and persist in trying to achieve the movements required. Children who are moving on are ready for school.

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n Leadership and management are good. The manager's overview of the quality of the provision is secure. She knows the key strengths of the setting and ensures targeted points for development are set. This helps to promote continuous improvement and maintain high standards of care and education. n Staff know children well. On entry, they find out what children know and can do and continually review this. They identify the key next steps in children's learning and plan for their individual needs. Overall, all children make good progress in their development. n Staff provide a good balance of child-initiated and adult-led activities and experiences. For example, children enjoy pretending to be builders as a spontaneous activity erupts from their interests. Staff provide the resources children need to extend their game and introduce mathematical concepts, such as measuring, to further challenge their thinking. However, on occasion, children

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who are quieter than their peers sit back slightly and do not confidently participate and join in. Therefore, there is scope to enhance staff's awareness to this group of children and extend the support they are offered during play. n Children are very independent in managing their self-care routines, such as using the bathroom and washing their hands. Children learn about the

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14 July 2022 importance of being healthy, specifically eating well. They enjoy taking care of the environment and like the responsibility of small tasks, such as loading the dishwasher and clearing up after snack with staff supervision. n The pre-school is inclusive. Staff help children learn about their similarities and differences. They celebrate and actively promote diversity and teach children how to accept this and be respectful of one another. n Children with special educational needs and/or disabilities are well supported. They benefit from early education plans and targeted intervention sessions. This makes a real difference to these children's lives. They quickly start to catch up and keep up with their peers. n Parents speak very highly of the pre-school and say their children love attending. Positive two-way relationships are established between the manager, staff and parents. This helps ensure children's learning is continually extended.

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need to do better?

n The manager has established good links with a range of providers, professionals and various groups in the community. This helps promote continuity for children in their care and education beyond the setting. n Staff comment that they feel well supported in their roles. They benefit from plenty of training opportunities to broaden their expertise in different areas. However, not all staff know how to adapt the strategies they use to suit children's different learning approaches and styles consistently in practice. Therefore, there is scope to refine staff's professional development to help them further extend their teaching skills.

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Safeguarding

The arrangements for safeguarding are effective.

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Safeguarding

Managers and staff are suitably vetted. Induction processes for new staff members are robust. The premises are safe and secure. The environment is risk assessed and staff teach children about keeping themselves safe during activities. For example, when preparing a fruit salad, children are taught how to use knives safely as they cut up varied fruits. Managers and staff are knowledgeable about child protection issues. They know how to identify and manage any concerns about children's safety or welfare in a timely way. This helps protect them from harm.

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should:

n increase staff awareness and the support they offer to children who are quieter than their peers during play activities and learning experiences, in order to help them fully participate and join in n enhance staff's professional development to help them further extend their teaching skills and learn how to adapt the strategies they use to suit children's different learning approaches and styles more consistently in practice.

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Setting details

Unique reference number EY386638 Local authority Worcestershire Inspection number 10116474 Type of provision Childcare on non-domestic premises

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Registers

Early Years Register, Compulsory Childcare Register Day care type Full day care

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inspection

Total number of places 24 Number of children on roll 21 Name of registered person Towerview Playschool Committee

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reference number

Telephone number 01386853780 Date of previous inspection 2 July 2015

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Information about this early years setting

Towerview Playschool registered in new premises in 2009. The pre-school is located in the village of Broadway in Worcestershire. The pre-school employs six members of childcare staff. Of these, four hold appropriate early years qualifications at level 2 or above. The pre-school opens from Monday to Friday, during school term time only. Sessions are from 9am until 3pm. The pre-school provides funded early education for three- and four-year-old children.

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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 inspector viewed the provision and discussed the safety and suitability of the premises. 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 The inspector observed the quality of education being provided, indoors and outdoors, and assessed the impact that this was having on children's learning. n The manager showed the inspector documentation to demonstrate the suitability of staff. n The inspector talked to children, staff and parents at appropriate times 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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