Testwood Baptist Church Pre-School

Inspection of Testwood Baptist Church Pre-School 283a Salisbury Road, Totton, Southampton, Hampshire SO40 3LZ

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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 safe and happy in this friendly and welcoming setting. They form positive relationships with the warm, caring and attentive staff. Staff provide comfort, such as cuddles, to children who need more reassurance. This helps children to feel safe and secure. The manager and staff plan the learning environment well. This motivates children to play, explore and make new discoveries. For example, children enthusiastically take part in a group activity, learning about different plants and the seasons.

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The provision is good

Staff help children to develop a healthy lifestyle. Children are given regular opportunities for physical activity in the outdoor areas. For instance, children enjoy climbing up the climbing frame and choosing which way they will climb or slide down. This supports children's physical development.

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The provision is good

Staff promote good manners, and children routinely say please and thank you. Children know what is expected of them and follow routines well. For example, they understand when it is time to tidy up and help each other to put the toys away. Staff regularly praise children's efforts and achievements. This helps to raise their self-esteem and develop their confidence to try new experiences. For instance, children ask staff and their friends to help them when learning how to balance on the balance beam. Children make positive friendships; they play well together and learn how to behave well.

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n Staff support children's communication and language development well. For instance, they read stories and sing nursery rhymes with the children. Staff listen to the children and use lots of repetition to support their speaking. For example, they repeat words that children do not pronounce clearly, so they can hear them correctly. Staff take the time to get to know some words in children's home language and use these to aid communication. This supports children who speak English as an additional language. n The manager and staff have an effective understanding of how to keep children safe. For instance, they know the signs and symptoms of abuse and know how to make a referral about a child or an adult. The provider has not met the requirement to notify Ofsted of a change to the individuals who make up the committee. Following discussion, the provider now understands their responsibility and this did not impact on the safety of the children or the running

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need to do better?

of the setting. Ofsted does not intend to take any action on this occasion. n The manager has a clear understanding of the setting's curriculum intent. However, staff are not clear about what the setting's curriculum is. As part of their curriculum, the manager recognises the importance of children being

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30 January 2024 supported to become independent with their self-help skills, such as putting on their coat. However, staff do not support the children to develop their self-help skills consistently. For example, there is an expectation that staff will teach children to put on their coats as part of the focus on promoting independence, but this is not implemented consistently by staff. This has led to inconsistencies in the way the curriculum is implemented and does not support children to become independent. n Staff skilfully support children's emerging understanding of mathematics. For instance, children enjoy collecting water to pour, fill and measure into different containers in the mud kitchen. Staff encourage the children to follow 'recipes' to create 'mud pies' and 'mud cakes'. For example, they discuss with the children about what ingredients go into a cake. Children are supported to learn to count.

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For instance, children count with staff as they add decorations to their 'mud cakes'. n Children with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND) are identified swiftly, and focused support plans are put into place. Additional funding is used well. For example, the provider purchased story sacks, which are used to support and encourage children's engagement and their concentration skills. Staff work well with other professionals to support children's learning and development. Parents speak highly about the setting, and they praise the staff for the wonderful learning opportunities that children have. However, the manager does not always share information readily enough, to keep parents fully apprised of the support that is in place for their children. This does not further enhance partnership working between the setting and parents to support children's individual needs. n The committee and manager ensure that staff are well supported through

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need to do better?

supervisions and well-being meetings. Staff have access to a range of training, which includes mandatory training, such as safeguarding and first aid. They shared that since the committee has become more involved, they feel even more supported.

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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 provide additional support for individual staff to have a more secure understanding of how to implement the intended curriculum n ensure staff provide children with opportunities to develop their independence

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should:

30 January 2024 and self-help skills n enhance the arrangements to share information with all parents, especially for children with SEND.

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Setting details

Unique reference number 109825 Local authority Hampshire Inspection number 10317221 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 26 Number of children on roll 39

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Name of registered person

Testwood Baptist Church Pre School Committee

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reference number

Telephone number 07553 899 240 Date of previous inspection 3 May 2018

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Information about this early years setting

Testwood Baptist Church Pre-School registered in 1978. It operates from the Testwood Baptist Church Hall in Totton, Hampshire. The pre-school opens Monday to Friday, from 8.30am to 3.30pm, during term time only. The pre-school receives funding for the provision of free early education for children aged two, three and four years. There are eight staff employed to work with children, four of whom hold relevant childcare qualifications to at least level 3. The manager holds a level 4 qualification.

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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 manager and inspector completed a learning walk together of all areas of the nursery and discussed the early years curriculum. n Children told the inspector about their friends and what they like to do when they are at the setting. n The inspector talked to staff at appropriate times during the inspection and took account of their views. n The special educational needs coordinator spoke to the inspector about how they support children with SEND. 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 inspector carried out a joint observation of a group activity with the

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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 suitability of staff working in the setting.

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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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