Barrow Hill Pre-School

Inspection of Barrow Hill Pre-School The Tenant's Hall, Barrow Hill Estate, Allitsen Road, LONDON NW8 7BD

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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 happy and settled at this friendly and welcoming pre-school. Staff are kind and caring, which helps new children to settle quickly. Children are confident and independent. They develop warm and trusting relationships with their key person. Staff provide a nurturing and engaging environment. They provide activities which reflect children's individual needs and interests. For instance, staff read children's favourite books and often ask them what they would like to do next. Children happily explore and learn in the enabling environment, which helps them to build on what they already know. This leads to children making good progress.

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The provision is good

Leaders have a clear vision of the curriculum and what they want children to learn. They ensure that staff understand the intent and sequence of children's learning well. Staff know children well. They use timely assessments and observations to gain an understanding of what children already know and can do. Staff use the information they gather to plan purposeful and well-sequenced activities. For example, staff help children to use training scissors before they learn to confidently use scissors to snip the paper.

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The provision is good

Staff help children to behave well. Children are kind to each other and happily include each other in their play. Staff support children's understanding of the importance of sharing and taking turns. They help children to learn about their emotions and feelings. This helps to promote children's overall well-being.

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need to do better?

n The teaching of communication and language is a real strength in the pre- school. Staff use songs, rhymes and regular conversations to build on children's vocabulary. They introduce a range of strategies, such as sign language, to support children's communication skills. Staff introduce new words and explain their meaning. Staff and children often use words and phrases from children's home languages. This helps children to become confident talkers, including children who speak English as an additional language. n Staff encourage children to choose the books they want to listen to. Children happily retell well-known stories and create a display representing their favourite characters. Staff enhance children's knowledge and experiences by organising a trip to the theatre. Children hear their favourite stories in different arrangements and see their beloved characters on the stage. This motivates children to

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need to do better?

develop a love of books. n Leaders are dedicated to providing children with good-quality care and education. They provide staff with ongoing supervision sessions to help them to build on their effectiveness. Leaders ensure that staff complete mandatory training. They plan to extend staff's training and development opportunities

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need to do better?

7 December 2023 further to help them to build on the current good quality of education. n Staff plan opportunities for children to develop good physical control. Children roll and knead play dough and practise their fine motor skills, such as during a range of art and craft activities. Children enjoy the outdoor area. They laugh as they run and chase staff and one another with toy dinosaurs. Staff provide children with activities to support their hand-eye coordination and balance. Children develop the skills they need for their move on to school. n Staff promote healthy lifestyles throughout the curriculum. For example, they teach children that eating fruits and vegetables is good for their bodies. Staff speak with children about their experience of having their teeth checked by the dentist. Children follow hygiene routines well. They wash their hands regularly and gain self-care skills, such as the ability to use toilet independently.

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need to do better?

n Staff have high expectations for children's behaviour. They explain their expectations clearly to children. Children are respectful of each other and their learning environment. For example, they happily pack toys and resources away during tidy-up time. n Staff model the language of numbers effectively. They support children to count objects and actions, such as jumps or hops. Staff encourage children's problem- solving skills as they help them to understand the concepts of size. n Parents' feedback is very complimentary. They say kind and caring staff support the whole family, not just their children. Parents comment they are kept well informed about their child's progress. They say that the pre-school is a big part of the local community.

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Safeguarding

The arrangements for safeguarding are effective.

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Safeguarding

Leaders ensure that staff have attended up-to-date safeguarding training. Staff have a suitable knowledge and understanding of how to keep children safe. They can recognise the signs and symptoms when a child may be at risk of harm. Staff follow clear procedures should they have concerns about an adult working with children. They carry out risk assessments to ensure that the pre-school is safe, secure, clean and hygienic. Staff teach children how to be safe, including when on outings in the community. Leaders implement robust recruitment procedures to check that staff are suitable for their roles.

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should:

n build further on the plans for training, coaching and development for staff, to help them to raise the quality of education to the highest level.

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Setting details

Unique reference number EY462135 Local authority Westminster Inspection number 10318843 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 40 Number of children on roll 17 Name of registered person Barrow Hill Pre-School

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reference number

Telephone number 02077225455 Date of previous inspection 13 December 2022

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Information about this early years setting

Barrow Hill Pre-School re-registered in 2013 and is located in the London Borough of the City of Westminster. The pre-school is open from Monday to Friday, term time only. Sessions are from 8.30am to 3pm. There are five members of staff, all of whom hold childcare qualifications at level 3. The pre-school provides funded early education for two-, three- and four-year-old children.

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Inspection activities

n The inspector discussed any continued impact of the COVID-19 pandemic with the manager and has taken that into account in their evaluation of the pre- school. n The inspector viewed the pre-school and discussed the safety and suitability of the premises. n The manager joined the inspector on a learning walk and talked to the inspector about the curriculum and what they want children to learn. n Children spoke to the inspector during the inspection. n The inspector talked to staff at appropriate times during the inspection and took account of their views. n The manager and the inspector carried out a joint observation of a small-group activity. n The inspector observed the quality of education being provided, indoors and outdoors, and assessed the impact on children's learning. n The inspector reviewed relevant documentation, including staff's first-aid qualifications.

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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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