Hartsholme Academy Pre-School & Kids Club

Inspection of Hartsholme Academy Pre-School & Kids Club Hartsholme Academy, Carrington Drive, Lincoln LN6 0DE

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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 show positive relationships with the staff and their peers. For example, toddlers lift up their arms for staff to pick them up, and pre-school children sit on staff's knee for comfort. Children learn to share with their friends. They are reminded by staff to ask their friends for objects they want to play with them. This helps children to develop their confidence to voice their needs and wishes and to share. Children are encouraged to develop a sense of responsibility. For example, when music is played, they work as a team to tidy up, using dustpans and brushes to sweep sand off the floor.

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The provision is good

Staff know children well and follow their interests. For example, when children show an interest in pirates, they join activities to move around the pre-school, looking for clues to find treasure. Staff read the clues and give them instructions to follow. Children listen well and are excited to take part. They are physically active and demonstrate good balance and coordination, for example when they safely climb over and along objects on an obstacle course. Toddlers are creative when they use paint with sponges to make patterns on foil. Pre-school children explore light when they use torches. They shine torches on a wall and move their hands in front of it to create a shadow.

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need to do better?

n The manager and staff focus the curriculum on supporting children's communication and language skills. For example, they talk to children when they play alongside them. During group times, staff sing songs for children to join in. Staff introduce new words for children to learn and understand, such as 'stride', and show them how to stride when they walk. Additional funding is used effectively to purchase resources to encourage children to say certain sounds at the beginning of words. This helps to close any gaps in their development. n The manager supports her staff through supervision meetings. However, professional development opportunities for staff are not targeted precisely at what they individually need to extend their teaching skills. This means that they do not fully support children to make the best possible progress in their learning. n Staff provide many opportunities for children to be independent. For example,

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they encourage children to wash their hands prior to eating, to promote good hand hygiene. Staff ask children to pour their own drinks and to use cutlery when they eat meals. These skills help children to be prepared for the future. n Staff find out about children's prior learning when they first start. They use this information to broaden the experiences children receive. Staff are aware that some children do not have as many opportunities as others for daily fresh air and exercise. Because of this, staff ensure that children play outside regularly throughout the day. Recent improvements to the outside area offer children

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25 July 2022 further opportunities to climb and develop their imaginative skills. n Staff encourage children to develop their literacy skills. Children use pens to make treasure maps and copy words that staff write, helping to develop their early writing skills. Children are encouraged to recognise the letter and sound at the beginning of their name. n Staff encourage children to share. For example, when children throw balls into a box, staff ask them to take turns. Staff praise children's achievements, often giving them a 'high five'. This helps children to understand how to behave positively and to raise their self-esteem. n The manager and staff help children to be emotionally ready for their move on to school. Teachers are invited to visit the children in the pre-school. Staff take children for visits to the school they will attend. This includes children with special educational needs and/or disabilities. This helps them to become familiar

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need to do better?

with the school environment and teachers who will be caring for them. However, when early years children attend the holiday club, staff do not find out what they are learning at school. This means that they are not able to complement the learning children receive at school.

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Safeguarding

The arrangements for safeguarding are effective.

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Safeguarding

The manager checks staff's knowledge of safeguarding to ensure they are able to identify the potential signs of abuse and where to report their concerns. For example, she asks them questions and gives them scenarios to answer. This helps to promote children's welfare and safety. The staff maintain a safe environment for children to play. They complete risk assessments to ensure that the pre-school is secure. This stops children from leaving the building unaccompanied and other people from entering. The cook and staff promote children's good health. They make sure that children are only provided with food and drink that meets their dietary requirements.

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should:

n help staff through professional development opportunities to strengthen their existing good teaching skills and to help raise outcomes for children even further n support staff to find out what children are learning at school, so they can complement the learning children receive.

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Setting details

Unique reference number EY493432 Local authority Lincolnshire Inspection number 10219651 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 60 Number of children on roll 173 Name of registered person Heath Farm Day Nursery Ltd

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reference number

Telephone number 07557092149 Date of previous inspection 2 August 2016

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Information about this early years setting

Hartsholme Academy Pre-School & Kids Club registered in 2015. It is situated in the grounds of Hartsholme Academy in Lincoln and is independently run from the school. The pre-school employs 10 members of childcare staff. Of these, seven hold appropriate early years qualifications at level 3 and two hold level 2. The pre- school opens from Monday to Friday all year round. Sessions are from 7.30am 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 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 pre-school. n The manager and the inspector completed a learning walk together of all areas of the pre-school and discussed how she intends to implement the curriculum. n The inspector observed the quality of education during activities, indoors and outdoors, and assessed the impact this has on children's learning. n Children spoke to the inspector throughout the inspection. n The inspector spoke with staff 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 reviewed relevant documentation and evidence of the suitability of staff working in the pre-school. n Parents shared their views of the pre-school with the inspector.

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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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