Broadbottom Pre-school Playgroup

Inspection of Broadbottom Pre-school Playgroup Broadbottom Community Centre, Lower Market Street, Broadbottom, HYDE, Cheshire SK14 6AA

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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 busy playing and learning at this setting. Managers and staff have high aspirations for children. They support children to develop the skills that they need to prepare them for school by offering a range of activities and by supporting children as they play. For example, staff encourage children to put on their own coats and to pour their own drinks at snack time. Staff model behaviour well. They join in children's play and demonstrate how to take turns, use equipment carefully and to consider their friends. Children show lovely behaviour and start to build friendships with their peers.

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The provision is good

Through observations, talking with parents and listening to children, staff build their knowledge of what children need. They use this to help them to prepare a curriculum that is interesting and engages children well. Staff understand children's starting points and they skilfully help children to build on their learning during play. For example, when children count bricks, staff extend this learning by asking children to add one more. Staff take children on regular outings to support children's knowledge of their local community. They walk to the shops, where they explore and purchase local produce, such as lemon curd. They taste this at snack time. Staff use the trips to help children think about safety. They discuss road safety as they look for safe spaces to cross the road. Children begin to consider ways of keeping themselves safe.

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n Children thoroughly enjoy taking part in dancing and exercise routines. Staff teach listening skills as they demonstrate to children how to follow the instructions. They help children feel that their heart is beating quickly and they talk about why this happens during exercise. Children begin to build knowledge about their bodies and keeping healthy. Hygiene routines are in place and are usually followed. However, staff do not consistently remind children to use a tissue to wipe their nose. This increases the risk of passing on infections. n Outdoors, children have space to be physically active. They confidently use wheeled toys and slides. Children have a tremendous time as they hop and balance between stepping stones. Staff remain close by, offering encouragement and a hand to steady children if they wobble. Children gain confidence with this reassurance and develop their large muscles and their coordination.

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n Staff are skilful and enthusiastic when storytelling. They make good use of props to keep younger children interested. Children continue their learning outside as they re-enact stories and recall familiar phrases. Staff join children's play, asking questions with genuine interest. This helps children to increase their imaginations and their expressive language. n Staff know children well. They observe and monitor what children know and can

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3 October 2023 do, which helps them to identify any gaps in learning. Where support is needed, this is swiftly put into place. This supports all children to make good progress in their learning. n There is plenty of time for children to explore, think and try out, well supported through high-quality interactions with staff. For example, when children build structures from bricks and from wooden tubes in response to a story of 'The Three Little Pigs', staff join their play. They wonder with the children which of the structures is the most stable. Children pretend to be the wolf as they investigate which of the structures they can blow down. Children learn to test and follow through their ideas and thinking. n Staff encourage good behaviour. For example, they praise children for considering their friends. Children show care for each other. Older children take their younger friends by the hand to show them where the bathroom is. Children

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need to do better?

consider making space so that others can join their play. Children begin to understand that their behaviour has an impact on others. n Managers support staff well. A robust recruitment process and induction help to ensure that staff are suitable and safe to work with children. All mandatory training is kept up to date. However, professional development is not sharply focused on building staff's knowledge over time to help further improve the teaching of the curriculum.

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Safeguarding

The arrangements for safeguarding are effective.

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Safeguarding

The manager and staff understand their role and responsibility in protecting children and keeping them safe from harm. They regularly update their knowledge with safeguarding training. This also helps them to know what to do should they be concerned about a child's well-being. All staff hold a current paediatric first-aid certificate and they know what action to take in the case of an emergency. The setting has robust procedures in place for supporting children on regular medication or with allergies and these are closely and consistently followed. The setting is secure and people cannot enter or leave the building without supervision.

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should:

n sharply focus staff development, so that knowledge is built continuously and teaching promotes the best possible outcomes for children n consistently teach children how to follow hygiene procedures and learn how to reduce the risk of spreading infection.

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Setting details

Unique reference number 312322 Local authority Tameside Inspection number 10305590 Type of provision Childcare on non-domestic premises Registers Early Years Register Day care type Sessional day care

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Total number of places 21 Number of children on roll 20

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Name of registered person

Broadbottom Pre-School Playgroup Committee

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reference number

Telephone number 01457 764 423 Date of previous inspection 27 February 2018

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Information about this early years setting

Broadbottom Pre-school Playgroup registered in 1971. The setting is run by a committee and operates from Broadbottom community centre in Hyde. The pre- school employs five members of childcare staff. Of these, three hold appropriate early years qualifications at level 3, and one member is working towards a level 3 qualification. The pre-school opens from Monday to Friday, term time only. Sessions are from 9am to 3.30pm, with wraparound care from 7.45am to 5.30pm. 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 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 manager joined the inspector on a learning walk and talked to the inspector about their curriculum and what they want their children to learn. n Children told the inspector about their friends and what they like to do when they are at pre-school. n Staff spoke to the inspector during the inspection. n Parents shared their views of the setting with the inspector. n The manager showed the inspector documentation to demonstrate the suitability of staff.

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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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