Daisy Chain Pre-School

Inspection of Daisy Chain Pre-School METHODIST CHURCH HALL STATION ROAD, WESTBURY, WILTSHIRE BA13 3JL

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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

Staff collaborate closely to provide a rich and targeted curriculum for children. This, coupled with high-quality teaching, ensures children make substantial and sustained progress. Each child's key person precisely identifies children's learning needs and interests right from when children first attend. Staff are all highly responsive and attentive to children's needs. They flexibly adapt their routines. For example, they provide children with extended uninterrupted periods of play, minimising any disruption for the younger children as they settle in at the beginning of term.

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The provision is outstanding

Children relish the freedom to choose from a wide range of stimulating activities and inspiring resources that ignite their curiosity. Staff are very skilled at responding to children's interests and ideas, extending children's engagement and learning to the highest level. For example, children's imaginative play with a small suitcase leads staff to discuss travel and tickets. They extend children's knowledge further as they model writing numbers and letters of the alphabet. Staff capitalise excellently upon spontaneous opportunities as they skilfully extend the focus on travel to an aeroplane in the sky. Staff discuss destinations, speed and flying. They excite the children's imagination further as they bring out more resources, small planes and rockets, and a toy runway to explore these concepts further. Children develop a superb enthusiasm and willingness to learn and very positive attitudes to developing their skills.

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need to do better?

n The manager sets high standards for the pre-school. She has very strong and effective self-evaluation processes. She liaises closely with her staff team and parents to continually enhance practice at the pre-school. Parents say the 'Daisy ladies' are incredible, so welcoming and create a wonderful learning environment. They say that they put so much time, care and attention into supporting the children. n Staff build exceptional partnerships with parents. They obtain a wealth of information to help them get to know the children. The beneficial effects of this are seen in the exceptionally sensitive and effective support staff offer new children as they settle in. Staff thoughtfully and skilfully use key words of children's home languages to help their understanding and offer activities that link to children's interests. Children's confidence and well-being soar. Staff use informative newsletters, home-link books and meetings to develop a very strong

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two-way flow of information with parents, ensuring a consistent approach to the support children receive. n Staff carefully plan their support for children's communication and literacy. They skilfully link books to activities and children's play. For instance, they beneficially

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need to do better?

14 September 2023 model using recipe books as a source of information as they make pretend soup with children in the garden kitchen. Staff give children time to think and respond when leading discussions and model language clearly for children. They use picture cards to help the communication of children who speak English as an additional language and share these with parents to support children's learning at home. n Staff build very strong relationships with children. They treat children with respect and are very caring and kind. They foster these qualities in the children. Children behave very well. Staff sensitively support the younger newer ones to share toys and resources and help them to enjoy the company of the other children. n Staff place great importance on developing children's confidence in doing things for themselves. Children help tidy items away and pour their own drinks. Staff teach children about sustainability. Children recycle their waste after lunch,

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sorting the items into the correct bins. Children develop a strong sense of responsibility, an understanding of the world and gain important life skills. n Children spend lots of time outside in the wonderfully resourced pre-school garden. Staff continually enhance this and have more recently added a small pond in a sectioned off area. Children watch frogs in the pond with fascination. Staff skilfully build on this, discussing the frogs and their unique habitat and finding toy ones for children to play with. Children become absorbed in their exploration, transporting the toy frogs around and making them different homes. n The experienced and dedicated manager leads staff practice excellently, with strong processes for the recruitment, supervision and ongoing support of staff. She sources training and has beneficial links with other providers to gain high- quality practice ideas, linking these to the changing needs of the children that

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Safeguarding

The arrangements for safeguarding are effective.

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Safeguarding

Staff are very confident about recognising the possible signs that a child may be at risk of harm and fully understand their responsibility to act. They conduct rigorous risk assessments to promote children's safety and are skilled at helping children to recognise and manage any risks they encounter. The manager makes sure that staff have up-to-date knowledge of safeguarding practice. She works with the team to ensure their procedures are in line with current guidance and supports their practice effectively. The manager collaborates closely with other agencies to help keep children safe, including getting help for families when needed. Parents speak movingly of the help and support that the manager and staff have given them.

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Setting details

Unique reference number 145852 Local authority Wiltshire Inspection number 10308022 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 Sessional day care

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inspection

Total number of places 24 Number of children on roll 22 Name of registered person Fox, Sarah

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reference number

Telephone number 07890 864347 Date of previous inspection 8 March 2018

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Information about this early years setting

Daisy Chain Pre-School registered in 1997. The pre-school employs seven members of childcare staff, all of whom hold appropriate early years qualifications from level 2 to level 6. The pre-school opens Monday to Thursday from 9am until 3pm and on Friday from 9am until midday, during school term time only. The pre-school provides funded early education for two- and three-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 provision. n The inspector viewed all areas and discussed with the manager how these areas are used. n The manager and the inspector evaluated the effectiveness of an activity together. n The inspector observed the children and staff and spoke with them at appropriate times during the inspection. n Parents shared their views of the provision with the inspector. n Relevant documentation was reviewed by the inspector, including suitability checks and paediatric first-aid qualifications. n The manager discussed their safety and child protection procedures, and safeguarding discussions were undertaken with members of the staff team.

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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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