Bobtails Preschool

Inspection of Bobtails Preschool Horley Infant School, Lumley Road, HORLEY, Surrey RH6 7JF

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Overall effectiveness Good

The quality of education Good Behaviour and attitudes Outstanding Personal development Outstanding Leadership and management Good Overall effectiveness at previous inspection Outstanding

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The provision is good

Children make exceptional progress in their behaviour and self-care skills at this welcoming nursery. They are supported by dedicated staff who have the highest expectations. Children's behaviour is exemplary. Staff are impressively good role models. Children mimic staff's qualities in abundance, such as demonstrating their confidence and self-control, particularly when meeting new people. Staff cleverly show children how to put on their own coats and zip them up. They give children the time and opportunity to practise. Children show high levels of perseverance and patience, such as when they wait for their turn in a group activity. They smile with pride when they are praised by staff for their successful efforts. Children possess extremely positive attitudes to learning, and very high levels of curiosity and attention to detail.

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The provision is good

Staff provide a good quality of education to children. They offer a stimulating learning environment, indoors and outdoors, which provide children with opportunities that they may not have experienced before. Children's physical health and communication skills are given high priority. Leaders effectively use additional funding to meet children's needs. For example, they organise athletic and dance sessions run by external professionals. This helps children develop outstanding listening skills as they follow instructions very well. These skills are transferred into everything children do, such as when they sit in a large group totally immersed in a story that is read to them.

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need to do better?

n Leaders possess a clear vision and drive to provide the highest quality of education and care. They have ambitious aspirations for children and staff, such as improving the lending library experience for children. Leaders regularly observe the quality of teaching and provide purposeful feedback to staff. Leaders meet with staff to discuss their professional development needs. Staff show what they have learned in their practice with good outcomes for children. For example, they successfully implement a targeted talk programme for children with speech delay. n Children's emotional development is promoted very well. Staff hold meaningful discussions with children throughout the day, helping them to identify how they are feeling. Children cleverly apply words related to their feelings as they engage in activities. For example, they talk to their friends about events that make them scared and what situations make them happy.

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n Staff support children to adopt healthy lifestyles. For example, children are energetic outdoors, where they run, ride tricycles and jump with increasing control and coordination. Children talk eagerly about their sandwich fillings at lunchtime, knowing which are the healthier options. Staff ensure that children

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12 December 2023 wash their hands thoroughly before mealtimes and after using the toilet. This helps to improve children's good health and well-being. n Staff strongly promote values, such as democracy and tolerance. Children's characters are developing extremely well. They are very confident to make their voice heard, such as when they are encouraged to vote from a choice of activities. Staff help children to understand about the majority vote. They expertly share children's cultural traditions and home languages. This is evident when staff talk to children about their Christmas experiences at home and children recognise that children from other faiths celebrate other festivals. Staff actively research key words in children's home languages and use them, alongside the English equivalent, to successfully develop children's understanding. n Staff add an exceeding amount of value to children's wider experiences at the

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preschool. They use detailed information gathered from parents to provide children with highly innovative and very exciting opportunities. For instance, they visit the local church to choose from an array of artificial Christmas trees. Children work collaboratively to assemble the parts on their return to the setting. They talk with immense pride about their team work. n Staff's interactions with children across the pre-school are warm and caring. They know children well, through their ongoing assessments, observations and discussions with parents. Staff use this knowledge to help identify children's next steps in learning. However, on occasions, staff do not focus sharply enough on extending children's existing learning to further support their individual progress. n Children learn about numbers as staff encourage them to practise counting throughout the day. For instance, staff and children count the number of balls on

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need to do better?

an abacus and staff ask children to count the number of balls floating in a puddle. However, staff do not consistently broaden other aspects of children's mathematical knowledge, such as shape, measure and size. n Parents are delighted with the progress their children make, particularly in their confidence, speech and social skills. They say they form trusted relationships with the approachable and knowledgeable manager and staff. Parents feel they are well-informed about their child's learning and development.

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Safeguarding

The arrangements for safeguarding are effective.

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Safeguarding

The manager and staff have a good understanding of their roles to protect children. They understand the signs and symptoms of abuse and who to refer this to if they have any concerns that a child might be at risk of harm. They understand the procedures to take if there is an allegation made about a member of staff. The manager follows robust recruitment procedures to ensure that staff are suitable to work with children. Staff carry out daily risk assessments to ensure the premises are safe and secure. They help children manage risks safely, such as when children use a towel to dry the large equipment outdoors if it is slippery.

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should:

n support staff to plan more precisely to build on children's next steps in learning and development n improve the curriculum for mathematics to support children's understanding of a variety of mathematical concepts, in particular, shape, space and measure.

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Setting details

Unique reference number EY491625 Local authority Surrey Inspection number 10301568 Type of provision Childcare on non-domestic premises Registers Early Years Register Day care type Full day care

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inspection

Total number of places 30 Number of children on roll 36 Name of registered person Bobtails Pre-School Horley CIO

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reference number

Telephone number 01293 784701 Date of previous inspection 12 January 2018

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Information about this early years setting

Bobtails Preschool is one of two pre-schools run by a board of trustees. It re- registered due to a change of status in 2015 and operates from a purpose-built building in the grounds of Horley Infants School in Surrey. The preschool opens Monday to Friday from 8.45am to 3.15pm, term time only. There are seven members of staff, three of whom hold appropriate early years qualifications from level 3 to level 6. The setting receives funding for the provision of free early education for children aged two, three and four years.

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Inspection activities

n This was the first routine inspection the preschool 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 preschool. n The manager joined the inspector on a learning walk and talked to the inspector about what they want their children to learn. n The inspector observed the quality of education being provided, indoors and outdoors, and assessed the impact that this was having on children's learning. n The deputy manager carried out a joint observation of a group activity with the inspector. n The inspector talked to staff, children and parents at appropriate times during the inspection and took account of their views. n The inspector looked at relevant documentation and reviewed evidence of the suitability of staff working in the preschool.

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Inspection activities

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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