Young Explorers Pre-School

Inspection of Young Explorers Pre- School St Francis Annexe, Onslow Cresent, Woking, Surrey GU22 7AX

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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

Staff use their comprehensive knowledge of child development to help children make good progress. They provide children with numerous exciting resources and activities, which they use to implement the ambitious curriculum. Staff focus strongly on replicating the indoor curriculum outdoors, which they use to further extend children's learning.

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The provision is good

Staff help children develop the skills they need for future learning, such as good concentration. For example, children are completely transfixed as they watch and listen to staff using a play theatre and puppets to tell stories. Children's literacy development is reinforced, for example, as staff respond to their requests to use these resources to re-tell the stories themselves.

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The provision is good

Staff support children well to develop good physical skills. For example, they give them time to use wooden planks and other items to create constructions that include ramps. Children thoroughly enjoy using these resources and develop good balancing skills, as they walk carefully and independently along the ramps.

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The provision is good

Staff are positive role models. They teach children to be polite and behave well. Children understand and cooperate with the well-known daily routine. They feel safe and develop good social skills. This is evident as children happily smile and wave at their friends arriving at the pre-school and tell them they have missed them.

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n Staff communicate and interact with children very well. They join in children's play and skilfully use what they say and do to extend their language development. Staff provide additional small group activities, for example, to develop children's understanding of the meaning of words, vocabulary and how to form sentences. All children, including those who are learning English as an additional language, become confident talkers. Children talk confidently with staff about past and future events, such as their holidays and plans to decorate their house for Christmas. n Staff support children's mathematical development well. For example, they provide opportunities for children to look for a Christmas elf in the play area and identify the different number it is attached to each day. Children develop a great sense of achievement as they learn to count baubles and identify numbers on pictures of Christmas trees. Staff help children to find and match numbers on

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the trees and use pegs to attach them together to make a pair. n Staff know all the children very well. They use their good knowledge of children's individual needs and interests to extend their learning. Overall,

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need to do better?

5 December 2023 managers have improved how they monitor children's development. However, they do not review that staff consistently broaden children's learning in all areas of the curriculum. n Staff work well with parents to reduce any gaps in children's development. The special educational needs coordinator seeks early intervention for children when needed. Staff support children who are behind in their development to help them catch up. n Staff have a caring, kind approach. They patiently meet children's emotional needs and teach them to share and take turns. For example, when children play with the building blocks and dressing-up clothes they learn to share these resources with their friends. n Children develop good pre-writing skills. For example, they learn to trace and create patterns using small tree twigs in artificial snow. Staff extend this learning, for instance, as they ask children to identify similar shapes in the room.

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n Children are motivated learners. They confidently choose and use the activities and develop good independence. For example, they wash their hands, organise their packed lunch boxes and use safe knives to cut fruit to eat at snack time. n Managers and staff focus strongly on including parents and extended family in children's learning. For instance, parents are invited into the pre-school to play the guitar, talk about the meaning of Chinese New Year and make Christmas decorations with the children. Additionally, parents volunteer to read books in dual languages to groups of children. Managers also provide social events where parents of children who speak English as an additional language get to know and support each other.

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Safeguarding

The arrangements for safeguarding are effective.

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Safeguarding

Managers have recently completed lead safeguarding training. They have a good knowledge and understanding of their safeguarding roles and responsibilities. They have developed robust policies and procedures to ensure that staff remain suitable to work with children. All staff complete child protection training. They know what to do if they are concerned about a child's welfare and safety. Staff supervise children well at all times to keep them safe. They assess any risks to the premises and activities to identify and remove any hazards, for example, when children handle frogs, caterpillars and stick insects and help staff take items to the school recycling bins.

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should:

n improve how staff support all children to to further broaden their learning in all areas of the curriculum.

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Setting details

Unique reference number EY448656 Local authority Surrey Inspection number 10314213 Type of provision Childcare on non-domestic premises

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Registers

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

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inspection

Total number of places 26 Number of children on roll 33 Name of registered person Young Explorers Pre-School Ltd

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reference number

Telephone number 01483 730052 Date of previous inspection 21 June 2018

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Information about this early years setting

Young Explorers Pre-School registered in 2012. It is located in Woking, Surrey. The pre-school offers extended day care for pupils of the school aged up to eight years. The breakfast club operates Monday to Friday from 7.45am to 8.40am and the after-school club from 3.15pm to 6pm, during term time. Pre-school sessions operate Monday to Friday during term time, from 8.45am to 3.15pm. The pre- receives funding to provide free early education to children aged three and four years. There are six staff employed to work with the children. Of these, five hold relevant childcare qualifications to level 3.

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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 observed how staff support children during indoor and outdoor activities and assessed the impact this has on their learning. n The inspector spoke with parents, managers, staff and children during the inspection. n Managers and the inspector completed a learning walk and a joint observation together. n The manager and inspector discussed improvements that have been made to children's care and learning since the last inspection.

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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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