Willow Brook Pre School

Inspection of Willow Brook Pre School Willow Brook Primary School, Willow Brook, Keyworth, NOTTINGHAM NG12 5BB

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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 Outstanding

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The provision is outstanding

Children are incredibly calm, contented and happy in the pre-school. They build strong and trusting bonds with the staff and super relationships with their peers. They thrive in the welcoming and nurturing environment. Children have a zest for learning, which is skilfully nurtured by the staff, who have an enthusiastic approach to teaching. Children are extremely confident communicators. They have a wide vocabulary and often show they know more and remember more. Children recall words such as 'solar system' and the name of the artist 'Yayoi Kusama'. Staff have high expectations of what children can absorb and use rich vocabulary when talking to them.

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The provision is outstanding

Children remain highly focused and engaged in their play. They explore hands-on learning experiences, which builds on their natural curiosity as learners. For example, staff introduce bath bombs to water. Children use their hands to break up the bath bombs and describe the feeling as 'tickly'. Staff introduce new vocabulary, such as 'dissolve'. Children marvel as the water changes colour. Children show consistently good manners. They ask staff, 'Please may you put my hood up?' Children choose a coloured 'emotion' pom-pom to indicate how they are feeling and tell staff, 'I'm happy today.' This contributes to their well-being and helps them to recognise their feelings.

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n The provider is passionate and knowledgeable about early years education. She values each staff member and supports their continued professional development. For example, she asks staff to deliver workshops to their colleagues to help extend their teaching skills. Furthermore, she encourages staff to progress with their childcare qualifications to a high level. This helps the provider to retain a skilled, knowledgeable team that provides children with exceptional care and learning experiences. n Children make excellent progress and enjoy opportunities to research subjects of interest to them. For example, children thoroughly enjoy learning about space. They explore the sky and technology using a real telescope. They use their imagination and dress up as an astronaut. Staff extend the space theme by encouraging children to test out their creative flair and make rockets out of recycled packaging. n The provider has identified a clear and ambitious curriculum. Staff have a firm

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knowledge of the curriculum intent and how to implement children's next steps in learning into everyday practice. Staff place a strong emphasis on encouraging children to develop their independence. They actively encourage young two- year-old children to dress themselves in full splash suits ready for outdoor play, which children persevere and succeed at. Children very soon become self-

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15 November 2022 sufficient in their self-care and are school ready. n Staff consistently reinforce their expectations of children's behaviour. They use innovative ways to secure children's understanding. For example, at welcome time, children have no trouble recalling the rules that link to popular television programme characters, saying, 'We play nicely like Chase and Skye.' Children consistently behave well. n Storytelling is inspirational. Staff use a monkey puppet to help them tell the story. Children are thoroughly mesmerised and laugh out loud as Charley the monkey turns the pages too soon. This helps to develop a love of books and promotes children's literacy skills. n Children have superb opportunities to get fresh air and be physically active in the forest school sessions. They learn to take manageable risks as they climb trees and balance on narrow beams. Children learn safety measures, such as not

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going too near the shallow pond. Children enjoyed inviting their grandparents to join them in the sessions for an 'intergenerational day'. This contributes to children learning about their friends' families, while celebrating their own. n Staff are keen to teach the children about sustainability and caring for the environment. At snack and lunchtime, children save their food leftovers in a compost caddy, which they then take to the forest school area and place in the compost bin. n Parents speak very highly of the pre-school. They say they are constantly in awe of what their children have learned. Staff keep parents fully up to date with their child's learning and development through a secure online platform and daily handovers. This is highly effective in providing a united approach to children's learning. Staff provide families with a wide variety of ways to continue children's learning at home. For example, early in the summer term, staff provide the

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families of children who will move to school in September a 'school readiness pack'. This contains items such as scissors and threading activities to enhance children's fine motor control.

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Safeguarding

The arrangements for safeguarding are effective.

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Safeguarding

The provider and staff have a clear awareness of their roles to safeguard children. They confidently identify a range of indicators of abuse. Staff clearly understand the referral procedures should they have any concerns about a child's welfare. Furthermore, staff are very clear about what to do if they have a concern about the behaviour of another adult. They supervise children vigilantly and ensure a thoroughly safe and secure environment is maintained. All staff have been trained in paediatric first aid so any accidents can be confidently dealt with. This helps to keep children safe.

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Setting details

Unique reference number EY494346 Local authority Nottinghamshire County Council Inspection number 10234002 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 29 Name of registered person Wolds Childcare Limited

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reference number

Telephone number 0115 9376030 Date of previous inspection 31 January 2017

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Information about this early years setting

Willow Brook Pre School registered in 2015. It is located in Keyworth, Nottinghamshire. The pre-school employs three members of childcare staff. All hold appropriate early years qualifications at level 3 and above, including the provider, who has a level 6 qualification. The pre-school opens from Monday to Friday, term time only. Sessions are from 8.55am until 3.15pm. 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 provider and has taken that into account in their evaluation of the provider. n The provider and the inspector completed a learning walk together of all areas of the pre-school and discussed the early years curriculum. n Staff and children spoke to the inspector during the inspection. 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 provider and the inspector carried out a joint observation together. n The inspector looked at relevant documentation and evidence of the suitability of staff working in the pre-school. n The inspector spoke to several parents and took account of written feedback from a parent and from the host school's Reception Year teacher.

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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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