Little Angels Pre School

Inspection of Little Angels Pre School 12 Furzehill Road, Borehamwood WD6 2DF

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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 receive the best possible start in their education in this exceptional setting. Their behaviour is exemplary as they play and fully immerse themselves in this inspiring environment. Children thoroughly enjoy exploring in a variety of inviting spaces. Outdoor areas promote children's physical development. Children delight as they play sack races with their peers and cheer as they jump across the finish line. Children enjoy sensory experiences as they mix foam and paint together; they notice the marks they make with their fingers as staff guide them to make circles.

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The provision is outstanding

Children are extremely familiar with routines. Staff ensure that transitions throughout the day are seamless, for example, they sing a five-minute warning song for children to prepare to tidy up. This helps children fully understand the expectations of them and ensures that they feel exceptionally safe and secure.

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The provision is outstanding

The environment is skilfully designed to motivate the development of children's language and literacy. Children enjoy sharing stories. They listen attentively and respond to familiar stories about a caterpillar as they use props to tell the story. Staff introduce new language to children, such as 'cocoon', as they learn the life cycle of the butterfly. All children make rapid progress in their learning and development.

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need to do better?

n Leaders have a highly ambitious and deeply embedded curriculum. The staff team have a comprehensive understanding of how children learn. They use extensive assessment to identify and build on the learning needs of the children. Leaders and staff show complete dedication to ensuring that children receive the highest quality teaching. They deliver a wide range of experiences to excel children's learning and development. n The setting provides a highly inclusive approach. Staff welcome a wide range of different communities. They go above and beyond to work closely with families to ensure that they are fully supported. Children understand and experience different cultures as they celebrate various festivals. Staff promote respect for different people and children have a deep understanding of what makes them unique. n Exceptional support is provided for children who have special educational needs and/or disabilities. Leaders ensure that funding is sharply focused, and

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interventions are well considered and detailed to support the needs of the children. The dedicated special educational needs and disabilities coordinator works cohesively alongside an extensive range of other professionals to ensure that families receive excellent support. n Children who speak English as an additional language make extremely good

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8 February 2023 progress. Staff provide children with excellent individualised support, such as small communication groups. Staff use visual cue cards to fully support children and help with their understanding. n Staff skilfully provide opportunities for children to extend their mathematical knowledge. Children independently find magnetic numbers and identify which number it is. Children develop their understanding of size as staff challenge them to build a smaller sandcastle, comparing it to bigger ones. As a result, children are fully immersed in their learning, and their understanding of mathematics is continually developed. n Children are well prepared for their transition to school. Staff develop robust working relationships with the schools children move on to. They share important information with teachers, including behaviour management strategies. Children and staff visit schools to help them prepare for the move. As

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a result, children's transitions to school are seamless. n Parents speak extremely highly of the setting. Staff provide parents with a wealth of guidance to support children's continued learning at home. For example, families take home activity packs and library books. Parents have access to webinars to support their children's development. They attend parent consultations to keep up to date with their children's progress. Parents comment on the outstanding support that staff provide to the whole family. n Staff are given significant opportunities to develop their roles and responsibilities. They receive highly focused professional development, which enables them to have a huge impact on children's learning. It also helps to ensure that the quality of teaching remains at the highest level. Leaders listen to what staff have to say and use this to continually improve the setting. Staff are enthusiastic, committed and exceedingly proud to be part of this highly effective

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Safeguarding

The arrangements for safeguarding are effective.

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Safeguarding

There is a strong culture of safeguarding throughout the setting. Staff have extensive knowledge of safeguarding matters and act immediately if they have any concerns about the welfare of a child. Leaders have high expectations of staff and understand their responsibilities to ensure that the team are kept up to date with their knowledge. Staff update their training regularly. They hold discussions in team meetings, so that any concerns are monitored and acted on. Leaders follow safe recruitment and vetting procedures to ensure that staff working with children are suitable. Children are kept safe as staff remain vigilant and supervise children extremely well.

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Setting details

Unique reference number EY544488 Local authority Hertfordshire Inspection number 10264292 Type of provision Childcare on non-domestic premises Registers Early Years Register Day care type Sessional day care

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inspection

Total number of places 35 Number of children on roll 66 Name of registered person Little Angels (BWBC) Pre-School CIO

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reference number

Telephone number 020 8207 2430 Date of previous inspection 9 June 2017

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Information about this early years setting

Little Angels Pre School registered in 2017. The pre-school employs 20 members of staff. Of these, 14 hold an appropriate early years qualification at level 3 or above, including one with qualified teacher status. The pre-school opens from Monday to Friday, term time only. Sessions are from 9am to 3.30pm. 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 setting 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 setting. n The manager joined the inspector on a learning walk. She talked to the inspector about the curriculum. n The inspector observed the quality of education being provided, both indoors and outdoors. She discussed children's progress with staff. n The manager and inspector carried out a joint observation. n The inspector looked at relevant documentation. This included evidence of staff suitability, training records and safeguarding documents. n The inspector spoke to parents during the inspection to take 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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