Peter Pan Playgroup

Inspection of Peter Pan Playgroup The Community Centre, 41 High Street, Sileby, Loughborough, Leicestershire LE12 7RX

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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 Requires improvement

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The provision is good

Children thrive and show that they feel safe in this welcoming and nurturing playgroup. They are greeted warmly by staff, who know them well. Staff gently encourage those less eager to attend after the Christmas break to come in and explore activities they know will interest and excite them. Children soon settle and enjoy their time playing with staff and their friends. They show enthusiasm in what they do and become deeply engaged in their activities. When children play in the water, they scoop, pour and splash each other and enjoy making bubbles appear. Staff model pouring and scooping and begin to count the number of times children do this to introduce the concept of number. Children participate in and enjoy a range of mark-making and creative activities. Staff support children in learning how to use scissors safely as they cut up pieces of collage materials and stick these to paper.

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The provision is good

Children show good behaviour and follow instructions well. Staff help them to share and take turns as they play. Children know to use sand and electronic timers when they want a turn with a toy or activity. They explain that, when the sounds goes off, it is their turn next. Children work together at tidy-up time and follow staff instructions. All these aspects contribute to children developing positive behaviour.

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need to do better?

n Since the last inspection, the manager and staff have worked hard to improve the provision for children. They have worked in close partnership with the local authority to ensure the curriculum offered to children is appropriate, understood by staff and challenging to the children. n Staff interact well with the children as they play. They ensure the activities they offer reflect not only children's interests, but also what they need to learn next. This attention to detail helps children to become engaged in their play and learn well overall. For example, children concentrate and consider how to make a car from plastic bricks. However, staff do not always embrace opportunities during children's activities to further engage and challenge them in their learning and development. n Overall, children are learning to be good communicators. Staff understand the importance of ensuring every child develops speaking skills appropriate to their

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age and ability. Children enjoy singing and listening to stories. They comment on what they see and hear as staff read to them. However, support for children's spoken skills is not yet fully effective, as some staff forget to build on children's speech as they play alongside them. n Partnership with parents is clearly a strong aspect of this playgroup. Parents speak with warmth about the staff and the good progress their children make. Staff ensure that parents are kept informed regarding how their children are

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10 January 2024 learning and how they can continue and build on this learning at home. Useful information is shared with parents, such as how to keep children safe online, as they recognise that more children have access to phones and tablets. n Support for children with special educational needs and/or disabilities is good. The special educational needs coordinator works well alongside staff, children and their parents to ensure every child is able to make the best progress possible. Timely interventions are put in place, as well as any care plans needed. Staff working with children implement these plans well to ensure the needs of every child are met. n Leaders are aware of the pressures on staff and ensure their welfare is considered. They have reduced the amount of information that staff have to record to be sure that this is not a burden on staff or takes their time away from the care of the children. Staff say they feel valued and supported in their roles

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need to do better?

by the leadership team through supervision and access to a range of appropriate training. Regular team meetings are offered to staff, where updates on current practice and changes in early years are discussed to help improve the provision of childcare. n Staff ensure that children are able to develop good physical health. They talk to children about the importance of a healthy and balanced diet and work closely with parents to ensure the foods offered support children's good health. Children enjoy accessing the outdoor play space and show good coordination. Staff have identified that some children prefer being outdoors and learn better in this environment. However, access to the outdoors is quite regimented. As such, children's access to this area is not always well planned to meet their individual learning needs.

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Safeguarding

The arrangements for safeguarding are effective.

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Safeguarding

There is an open and positive culture around safeguarding that puts children's interests first.

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should:

n strengthen staff's confidence to embrace opportunities as they occur in children's play to further challenge and enhance children's learning and understanding n help staff to use a wider range of strategies to support children's communication and language skills even further n develop the provision for outdoor play to support children who learn better outdoors to have greater opportunities to do so.

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Setting details

Unique reference number 226288 Local authority Leicestershire Inspection number 10278214 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 36 Number of children on roll 55 Name of registered person Jelley, Judith

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reference number

Telephone number 07742 146979 Date of previous inspection 18 January 2023

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Information about this early years setting

Peter Pan Playgroup registered in 1972 and is located in Sileby, Leicestershire. The playgroup employs six members of childcare staff. Of these, four hold appropriate early years qualifications at level 3 and one at level 5. The playgroup opens from Monday to Friday, during term time. Sessions are from 9am until 3pm. The playgroup 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 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 The inspector viewed the provision and discussed the safety and suitability of the premises. 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 inspector observed the quality of education being provided, indoors and outdoors, and assessed the impact this was having on children's learning. n The inspector carried out joint observations of group activities with the manager. n The inspector spoke to several parents during the inspection and took account of their views. n The inspector looked at relevant documentation and reviewed evidence of the

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suitability of staff working in the playgroup.

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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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