Marhamchurch Pre School

Inspection of Marhamchurch Pre School The Revel Field, Helebridge Road, Marhamchurch, Bude, Cornwall EX23 0HY

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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

Marhamchurch Pre School is a delightful place for children to go to play and learn. Enthusiastic and dedicated staff design and implement a well-sequenced curriculum that centres around each individual child. There is a wide range of high-quality resources, including everyday objects and recyclable items. Children's natural curiosity and eagerness to explore and create is successfully enhanced. Recent changes to the building's interior, such as neutral colours, fairy lights and draped fabrics, create a tranquil and welcoming environment where children show they feel secure and valued.

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The provision is outstanding

Children thoroughly enjoy their weekly visits to a private woodland environment. They develop confidence and self-esteem through exciting hands-on learning. For example, they watch with fascination as a worm wriggles on their hand and keenly talk about how it feels. Children demonstrate they know why and how to replace the worm safely in the soil, away from the digging area but not too far from its home. Children play happily with their friends and learn how to share resources and wait their turn. Staff reinforce their high expectations. For example, staff support children to understand why they must return to the seated circle in the woodland when they hear a hoot sound made by the model owl blown by staff. Children behave extremely well and express consistently positive attitudes to their play and learning.

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n The pre-school manager provides strong leadership. She promotes a positive ethos and culture. This helps staff to work exceptionally well together. Staff are reflective and enthusiastically share ideas about how to make further improvements in their curriculum. n Staff place a high focus on developing children's communication and language skills. For example, specially selected fiction and non-fiction books are placed throughout the environment. This encourages children to pick up a counting book placed in the mud kitchen. They listen attentively to a rhyme about caterpillars and join in as staff point to text and pictures. During a planned activity staff skilfully question, give clues and encourage children to correctly identify different objects hidden inside a bag. There is great excitement and praise as children exclaim their ideas. Children make excellent progress. n The committee provides very good support to staff. There is a high commitment

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to provide an inclusive community provision. There is a compelling 'can do' attitude. n Children have lots of fun with mathematics. For example, they keenly help a monkey hand puppet, held by a staff member, count number cards to 10. There is lots of laughter when the 'monkey' is wrong. Children quickly recognise which

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14 September 2022 card is missing and happily look for it. The activity is further extended for older children who show increased skill to recognise more than one card is missing. They listen to clues to help them successfully find the hidden cards. Children show great pride in their achievements. n The support for children with special educational needs and/or disabilities is exceptional. There are highly effective professional links with other agencies and schools. Staff designated to be responsible for coordinating provision go over and above to ensure children and their families receive the right assistance they need to achieve the best possible outcomes. n Children are deeply engaged in their work and play and sustain high levels of concentration. For example, during a music and movement activity, staff show children how to play a guiro by tapping or scraping it. Staff encourage children to sing in a high pitch when they tap the guiro above their heads and to sing in

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a low voice when they tap it close to their feet. Children listen to staff as they sing a musical scale. Children excitedly raise and lower their coloured scarf when they hear each successive note. n Partnerships with parents are very effective. A record of each child's progress is shared through a secure online platform. Staff provide a wide range of books and activity packs to enable children to play and learn with their families at home. Parents speak highly of the pre-school, particularly about the warm, affectionate relationships between staff and children and the experiences provided to inspire children's awe and wonder of the world in which they live.

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Safeguarding

The arrangements for safeguarding are effective.

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Safeguarding

The staff and committee have a shared understanding of and responsibility for protecting children. Staff always have children's safety and well-being in mind. They have regular training and know what to do if they have any concern about a child's welfare or an adult's conduct. Staff work with families and other agencies to promote a strong culture of safeguarding. There are thorough risk assessments in place. Children develop, consolidate and deepen their knowledge and understanding of how to keep themselves and their friends safe. For example, children learn how to carry small or drag large sticks safely. They demonstrate they know when, why and how to lean a garden fork and spade against a tree.

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Setting details

Unique reference number EY374978 Local authority Cornwall Inspection number 10235217 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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Total number of places 20 Number of children on roll 25 Name of registered person Marhamchurch Playschool Committee

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reference number

Telephone number 01288361499 Date of previous inspection 12 September 2016

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Information about this early years setting

Marhamchurch Pre School registered in 2008. It is located in Marhamchurch, Cornwall. The pre-school is open each weekday, from 8.30am to 3.30pm, during term time, and operates an occasional holiday club on demand. There are six members of staff: one at level 6, one with qualified teacher status and three at level 3. The nursery receives funding to provide free early education for children aged two, three and four years.

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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 setting. n The manager and the inspector completed a learning walk together to discuss the curriculum. n The inspector spoke to parents to find out about their views on the care and education provided and took these into account. n The inspector spoke to children, to find out about their time at the setting. Staff spoke to the inspector during the inspection. n The inspector spoke with the chair of the committee about the leadership and management of the setting. n The special educational needs coordinator spoke to the inspector about how they support children. n The inspector observed the quality of education being provided and assessed the impact that this was having on children's learning.

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n The inspector carried out a joint observation of an activity with the manager. n The inspector looked at relevant documentation and reviewed evidence of the suitability of staff working in the pre-school.

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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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