Chollerton Pre-School Ltd

Inspection of Chollerton Pre-School Ltd Chollerton First School, Barrasford, HEXHAM, Northumberland NE48 4AA

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Overall effectiveness Outstanding

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

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The provision is outstanding

The highly skilled pre-school staff create an exceptionally nurturing and caring environment for children and their families. There is a strong focus on promoting emotional literacy for children. This includes staff spending time with them to talk about their feelings and helping them to recognise a range of emotions. Children arrive in the morning eager to start their day. They independently use name tags and attach them to a 'feelings board' to indicate their mood when they arrive. Staff encourage conversations, and they discuss how various situations may make children feel. This helps children to recognise their own feelings and behaviours. Children play harmoniously and form strong friendship groups. They show respect and kindness towards one another. This includes creating superb imaginary play games. Children wear chef hats and aprons as they follow recipes in cookbooks. They use their mathematical skills as they find out how much of the different

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The provision is outstanding

ingredients they need to create their mixture. Children show an excellent ability to extend their own pretend games. This includes dressing up as a fire fighter and using toy extinguishers to put out an imaginary fire in the role-play area.

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The provision is outstanding

There is a highly ambitious, broad and structured curriculum in place that helps to build children's knowledge in all areas of learning. Staff use accurate assessments to review planned activities and to support children to develop excellent skills, ready for school. This includes excellent partnership working with the onsite school. Staff swiftly identify any gaps in children's learning and put excellent support strategies in place. This includes superb support for children with special educational needs and/or disabilities.

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n Interactions between staff and children are superb. Children show deep levels of engagement in exciting adventures that staff create. For instance, staff expertly build on children's communication and language skills by using puppets and props as they retell traditional fairy tales. Children bake their own gingerbread man, and then discover that he has 'escaped' from the oven. Staff continue magical make-believe stories and bring these to life for children. This includes children using magnifying glasses to look around the environment and following the clues of flour prints the gingerbread man has left behind. Staff continually build on this learning and use photos of a gingerbread man puppet, showing his adventures around their local community. Children respond with awe and wonder as they relish in his tales to find out where he has visited. n Parents are involved in all aspects of their children's care and learning. They

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receive detailed communication from staff regarding children's observations and assessments. In addition, parents are invited into the setting on a weekly basis with their families to participate in well-planned stay and play sessions. Parents

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9 February 2024 praise the manager and the staff for their commitment and passion for their roles. Staff provide exciting home-link activity ideas for parents and children to enjoy at home. This helps to provide a continued approach to children's learning. n Children develop excellent physical skills and spatial awareness. They participate in complex obstacle courses in the large school yard. They use their whole bodies to dance to music. This includes using large props, such as a model dragon. Staff use this to support children's understanding of Chinese New Year. n The manager is extremely supportive of the staff team. Staff speak very highly of how they feel valued and listened to. She promotes staff's well-being and completes very regular supervision sessions and team meetings. Staff are highly skilled and are eager to complete extensive training. They participate in the evaluation of the setting. For instance, they are keen to complete forest-school

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training to extend their already superb outdoor learning opportunities for children. n Staff are highly vigilant and alert to any indicators that a child may be exposed to a risk of harm. They encourage children to join in with risk assessments and learn how to keep themselves safe. There are detailed child protection procedures in place. Staff share key messages with parents, including the safe use of the internet at home. n Staff encourage children to develop a deep understanding of where food comes from. Children experience caring for lambs on a farm. They grow their own fruit and vegetables and take part in cooking activities. Children show high levels of independence and follow excellent hygiene practices. Staff provide key messages to parents at home about the importance of promoting dental hygiene. This helps children to lead a healthy lifestyle. n Staff use excellent questioning techniques to help children to solve problems as

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they play. Children experiment and use predictions in their learning. For instance, they spend long periods of time using wooden blocks and tubes to create ramps for toy cars. Children predict how fast their cars will move and discover by adding more blocks the car will move faster. This helps to develop children's excellent thinking skills.

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Safeguarding

The arrangements for safeguarding are effective.

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Safeguarding

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

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Setting details

Unique reference number EY403248 Local authority Northumberland Inspection number 10312049 Type of provision Childcare on non-domestic premises

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Registers

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

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inspection

Total number of places 20 Number of children on roll 7 Name of registered person Chollerton Pre-School Limited

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reference number

Telephone number 01434 681572 Date of previous inspection 19 April 2018

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Information about this early years setting

Chollerton Pre-School Ltd registered in 1990. It is situated within Chollerton First School, Barrasford, Hexham. There are four members of childcare staff. Of whom, three hold relevant qualifications at level 3, including one with qualified teaching status. The pre-school opens Monday to Friday, term-time only. Sessions are from 8.45am to 3.15pm. The pre-school provides funded early education for two-, three- and four-year-old children.

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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 joined the inspector on a learning walk and talked to the inspector about their curriculum and what they want their children to learn. n Children told the inspector about their friends and what they like to do when they are at pre-school. 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 that this was having on children's learning. n Parents shared their views of the setting with the inspector.

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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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