Fazeley Pre-School

Inspection of Fazeley Pre-School St Pauls Church Centre, Coleshill Street, Fazeley, Tamworth, Staffordshire B78 3RQ

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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 welcomed by the friendly staff and transition smoothly into their day. They find their name as they arrive and self-register confidently. Children smile and wave as they separate from their parents with ease. They independently remove their coats and shoes before exploring the pre-school. Children are highly respectful, and staff are effective role models. This helps children to behave well and engage politely with each other. Children are excited by the broad, challenging and inspiring curriculum that allows them to lead their own play with confidence. Children develop an interest in nature. Staff have created an exceptionally well- organised natural woodland environment for children to extend their physical development and learn to explore the outdoors.

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The provision is good

Children's language and communication skills are supported well. Staff promote plenty of opportunities that allow children to look at books and listen to stories. They successfully capture children's interest during their daily book talk session, to help them learn about the story in more depth. Children take turns to describe the characters of the book. For example, they talk about the sheepdog using his nose to sniff things out, and the pig has a curly tail and a big tummy. This helps to develop children's enthusiasm for books and supports their early literacy skills.

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need to do better?

n Leadership and management are strong. The manager has a well-established curriculum in place to ensure that staff can build on what children know and can do. The manager ensures that the curriculum is child-led with some adult direction to build on children's starting points. n The manager ensures that staff's well-being and professional development are supported and monitored regularly. Staff benefit from regular supervision, appraisals and staff meetings. This supports staff to maintain good practice. Although the manager recognises that not all staff are confident in their teaching, she has not yet provided staff with targeted training or coaching to enhance their practice to an even higher level. n Staff know the children well, and the key-person system is effective. They ensure that they focus on children's learning and prepare them well for school. Children with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND) are supported

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extremely well by experienced staff. n Staff work in partnership with other agencies to ensure that children get the best start in their learning, and they use funding to target areas of development. For example, the manager ensures that additional funding is used to purchase dance lessons to support children's physical skills and provide individual support to children who need it most. As a result, children with SEND and disadvantaged children make good progress.

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14 July 2023 n Children eat a wide variety of healthy, nutritious snacks and assist staff to prepare strawberries, bananas and watermelon. They learn how to be safe with utensils to chop the fruit ready for their friends. n Children have opportunities to learn about the wider world through visits and outings in the community, such as to the local allotment and canal to feed the ducks. Staff help children to learn about equality and diversity through celebrations of festivals throughout the year. However, staff could do more to enhance opportunities for children to share their own cultures and traditions. n The manager and staff have strong partnerships with parents. Parents value the support and work staff do with their children. They are regularly updated about their child's development and progress through regular parents' evenings and events. Parents report that communication is highly effective. Parents are

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need to do better?

appreciative of the fantastic and amazing staff for their love and care for every child. n Staff have positive links with the local primary school. They meet with school staff to share relevant information. Staff visit school with children, attend school events and have effective systems in place to support children to transition on to school.

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Safeguarding

The arrangements for safeguarding are effective.

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Safeguarding

The manager and staff are knowledgeable in safeguarding and are aware of the signs of abuse. Staff have regular safeguarding discussions and training to keep their knowledge current and ensure that they understand their responsibilities. Staff understand what action to take in the event of a concern about a child at risk or if an allegation is made against an adult working with children. They risk assess the premises and monitor children's attendance regularly. Safe recruitment systems are in place to ensure that staff are suitable. Children are supervised, and staff are deployed well to maintain children's safety.

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should:

n explore ways to build on good practice, such as by focusing professional development opportunities to further enhance teaching skills to extend children's learning to the highest level n increase opportunities for children to share their own cultures and backgrounds to help children develop a deeper understanding of other families, communities and traditions.

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Setting details

Unique reference number 218143 Local authority Staffordshire Inspection number 10295286 Type of provision Childcare on non-domestic premises

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Registers

Early Years Register, Compulsory Childcare Register Day care type Sessional day care

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inspection

Total number of places 26 Number of children on roll 25 Name of registered person Fazeley Pre-School Committee

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reference number

Telephone number 07378402833 Date of previous inspection 6 December 2017

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Information about this early years setting

Fazeley Pre-School registered in 1993. The pre-school is located at Saint Paul's Church in Fazeley, Tamworth. The pre-school opens Monday to Friday, from 9am until 3pm, term time only. The provider employs seven members of staff, of whom six hold appropriate early years qualifications at level 2 and above. The pre-school receives funding for the provision of free 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 inspector viewed the provision and discussed the safety and suitability of the premises. n The manager and inspector completed a learning walk and discussed the organisation of the pre-school and the early years curriculum provided. n The inspector observed the quality of teaching throughout the inspection. Joint evaluations of the quality of teaching took place between the manager and the inspector. n The inspector spoke to staff at appropriate times during the inspection. n The inspector spoke to parents at appropriate times and took account of their views of the pre-school. n Children spoke to the inspector about what they enjoy doing while at pre-school. n A meeting was held with manager to discuss leadership and management

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arrangements. n The inspector looked at relevant documentation and checked 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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