Sharnford Preschool

Inspection of Sharnford Preschool Evergreen Village Hall, 25 Leicester Road, Sharnford, Hinckley, Leicestershire LE10 3PP

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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 Not applicable

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The provision is good

Children arrive at the pre-school happy and eagerly greet staff as they hang their coats on their pegs. Staff create a warm and welcoming atmosphere. They interact with children in a warm and positive manner. Children readily go to the staff for comfort when they need some reassurance. Children enjoy time outside in the play kitchen with their friends. They use their imaginations as they pretend to prepare meals, concentrating carefully as they spoon leaves into bowls. Children learn social skills as they develop friendships and help each other. For example, children play with a racket and ball and help their friends to bounce the ball before they try to hit it.

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The provision is good

Children are gaining independence skills. Older children put their coats on by themselves before they go outside. Younger children are beginning to learn to do up tricky fasteners, and staff praise them as they attempt to pull their zipper up. At snack time, children pass a bowl with pieces of fruit to one another so they can each serve themselves with a spoon.

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need to do better?

n Staff provide a varied and stimulating learning environment for children. They know children well and plan activities to help them to build on what they know and can do. n Staff speak clearly to children. They engage them in lots of conversation, asking questions to encourage them to express themselves and allowing plenty of time for children to answer. This helps children to develop good communication and language skills. n Children are learning about the world around them. Staff teach children the importance of recycling as they help children play a game that involves posting tiles with pictures of household rubbish into different bins. Staff use this opportunity to extend children's vocabulary as they model new words such as 'paper' and 'plastic'. Children are excited when they correctly guess what materials the different items are made from. n Staff teach children about the importance of a healthy lifestyle. They remind

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children to wash their hands often during the day, and children learn about germs as staff explain why they need to wash their hands. Staff talk to parents about preparing nutritious food for their children at lunchtime. n Children behave well. They listen to instructions from staff and respond quickly when staff remind them to be kind or say 'please' and 'thank you'. Staff help children to learn to wait their turn calmly. They play a game with a soft toy animal, and children show gentleness and care as they sit in a circle and pass the toy around as staff remind them 'not to wake the baby animal up'. n Staff identify children who are falling behind or who may have additional needs.

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6 February 2023 They assess what children need to learn next and adapt their approach to enable children to make good progress. When needed, they refer children to specialist agencies and work with them to develop individual support plans. Staff also identify children who are most able but do not always sufficiently plan activities to extend their learning. n Parents say that their children love attending pre-school. They know what their children have been doing and learning because staff talk with them individually when they collect their children, and they appreciate the photos that staff share on the secure online app. n Children learn about numbers as staff encourage them to practise counting. Together, they count the number of children when it is time to line up to go outside, and when staff ask children which book they would like to read, children count how many choose each book. However, staff do not consistently extend

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need to do better?

other aspects of children's mathematical knowledge, such as shape, measure and size.

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Safeguarding

The arrangements for safeguarding are effective.

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Safeguarding

Staff have a good understanding of how to recognise the signs of abuse and know what to do if they are worried about a child. Managers have clear policies in place to keep children safe. Staff ensure the environment is secure. They keep doors locked when children are not arriving or being collected. The managers follow robust recruitment processes to ensure they employ suitable people to work in the pre-school. They support the staff to keep up to date about safeguarding through attending training and discussions in supervision and staff meetings. For example, they discuss how staff can support parents to keep children safe online.

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should:

n improve the curriculum for mathematics to support children's understanding of mathematics, in particular, shape, space and measure n strengthen support for most-able children to extend their learning further.

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Setting details

Unique reference number 2572495 Local authority Leicestershire Inspection number 10250869 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 26 Number of children on roll 12 Name of registered person Petite Academy Ltd

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reference number

Telephone number 01455631005 Date of previous inspection Not applicable

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Information about this early years setting

Sharnford Preschool registered in 2020 and is located in Hinckley, Leicestershire. The pre-school employs three members of childcare staff. Of these, two members of staff hold early years qualifications at level 3 and one member of staff is a qualified early years teacher. The pre-school operates Monday, Wednesday and Friday, term time only. Sessions are from 9am to 2pm. 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 provider and has taken that into account in their evaluation of the provider. n The inspector observed the quality of education during activities, both indoors and outdoors, and assessed the impact this has on children's learning. n The inspector observed the interactions between staff and children. n The inspector and the manager carried out a learning walk together. n The inspector looked at relevant documentation. n The inspector spoke to a number of parents during the inspection and took account of their views.

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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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