Wyken pre-school

Inspection of Wyken pre-school 86th Scout Hut, Oldham Avenue, COVENTRY CV2 5EU

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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 are happy and excited to learn in this setting. They demonstrate that they feel safe and have a positive relationship with their key persons. The key-person system provides children with emotional security and meets their individual needs. Staff have a warm and loving approach to children. They offer reassurance and guidance to children who need emotional support. Children come to their key person to discuss their day and ask for cuddles when needed.

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The provision is good

Staff provide many opportunities to promote exploration and plan experiences that children are interested in. For example, children are fascinated by a play dough activity that encourages them to move their bodies in a variety of ways and practise their fine and gross motor movements. Children enjoy many diverse cultural celebrations that reflect their home experiences. This helps children to feel valued, and their individuality is celebrated.

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The provision is good

Children are physically active throughout the day. Staff plan many outdoor opportunities to ensure children benefit from physical challenges that improve their large-muscle strength. Children climb, slide, balance, and ride bicycles with skill and enthusiasm. Younger children learn to pour water with small jugs and fill containers with sand, while older children use their spatial awareness and coordination skills as they climb and balance along tyres.

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need to do better?

n The curriculum is ambitious for all children, including those with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND). Children make good progress in their learning and learn skills that support their readiness for school. For example, children learn to put on their own coats and shoes with little support from adults. n Overall, children's behaviour is good. Children who display challenging behaviour are supported by staff members effectively. For example, children who struggle to self-regulate their emotions are supported by warm interactions from staff members, and their play is redirected. Staff act as good role models, modelling positive behaviour and good manners. n Children benefit from healthy and nutritious meals. They help to set up the table and enjoy carrying out small tasks. However, staff have yet to develop ways to promote children's understanding of the importance of oral health and healthy

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eating. n There is a strong focus on supporting children with SEND. Leaders act with integrity, ensuring all children have equal access to education and make good progress in their learning. The new special educational needs coordinator supports the manager in understanding children's additional needs.

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need to do better?

4 May 2023 n Staff use regular assessments to plan activities that enhance children's learning across all areas of learning. Children benefit from activities and experiences that are interesting, stimulating and reflect their current interests. Children enjoy listening to stories and discussing their favourite characters from books. However, at times, staff do not fully support younger children's involvement and motivation to learn. n Partnership with parents is effective. Parents compliment leaders and staff on their attentiveness towards their children. They feel that their children make good progress in their learning and benefit from many activities throughout the day. Parents often exchange information about their children's recent activities with staff. This helps staff to draw on children's current experiences from home to extend their learning in the setting. n Leaders have clear goals to drive further improvements. These are reviewed

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need to do better?

through regular staff training, meetings and staff observations. Staff feel valued and supported by the manager, and that feeling is translated directly into an atmosphere of mutual respect and teamwork. n Children benefit from meaningful conversations with staff, which promotes their understanding of early years mathematical concepts and encourage problem- solving. For example, children discuss how much sand they need to build different-sized sandcastles. Staff set up small challenges for children to sustain their motivation to learn, such as how to change the properties of dry sand.

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Safeguarding

The arrangements for safeguarding are effective.

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Safeguarding

Leaders and staff understand their duty to safeguard children. They participate in regular training and updates, which helps them to understand their roles and responsibilities and identify children at risk of harm. Staff demonstrate their knowledge of safeguarding arrangements and who to contact if they have concerns about a child being at risk. Staff carry out regular risk assessments. They have implemented additional security measures to ensure children cannot leave the premises unattended. For example, a safety lock has been added to the main gate to ensure that only authorised people can access the setting.

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should:

n improve planned experiences for the youngest children so that the intended outcomes are clear and consistently challenging n strengthen staff's knowledge of how to support all children to develop their understanding of the importance of oral health and making healthy food choices to promote children's overall well-being.

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Setting details

Unique reference number EY471619 Local authority Coventry Inspection number 10264000 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 24 Number of children on roll 42 Name of registered person Rosie and Jim's Childcare Limited

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reference number

Telephone number 07849751953 Date of previous inspection 18 May 2017

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Information about this early years setting

Wyken Pre-School registered in 2013. The pre-school operates from a scout hut in Wyken, Coventry. The pre-school is open from Monday to Friday, 8am until 5pm. The pre-school employs six staff, four of whom hold early years qualifications at level 3 and level 4. Funded early education is provided for two-, three- and four- year-old children.

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Inspection activities

n This was the first routine inspection the nursery 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 nursery. n The manager and the inspector completed a learning walk together of all areas of the setting and discussed how she implements the curriculum. n The inspector observed the quality of education during indoor and outdoor activities and assessed the impact on children's learning. n Children spoke to the inspector throughout the inspection. n The inspector carried out a joint observation with the manager. n Parents shared their views of the setting with the inspector. n The manager provided the inspector with a sample of key documentation.

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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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