Pip And Jim's Pre School

Inspection of Pip And Jim's Pre School The Brizen Young Peoples Centre, Up Hatherley Way, CHELTENHAM, Gloucestershire GL51 4BB

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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 enjoy being at the pre-school. They form strong and beneficial relationships with their key person and the whole staff team. This helps to foster children's well-being effectively.

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The provision is good

The manager has clear plans for the pre-school's curriculum and closely supports the staff team in implementing this. They offer a stimulating range of materials, inspiring children's curiosity and exploration. Staff give children time to experiment. Children relish making and moulding dough and produce wonderful mixes and creations. For example, they use fresh mint to make their 'smelly snowman'.

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The provision is good

Children very much benefit from the attentive support that staff offer them during their play. Staff promptly pick up and follow children's interests to progress their skills very well. For example, staff get out large cardboard boxes when children spontaneously focus on boats. Staff and children have great fun sitting in their 'box boats' and even collect play food as a snack for their imaginary journey. Children are inspired to make marks and develop their dexterity well. They draw on the chalkboard outside with staff. They giggle as they draw legs on a sausage to make a 'sausage dog'. Children make lines and staff add clouds to portray the rainy weather of the day.

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need to do better?

n Staff develop good partnership working. They share information with parents through daily chats, entries in the pre-school's online system and during regular parents' meetings. They link closely with other settings that children attend, to ensure a consistent approach to the support children receive. They also have good links with local teachers to support children's move on to school. n Children develop a good sense of responsibility. Staff offer children clear explanations and prompt support to help them manage their emotions and take turns with resources. Children tidy away the toys and get their coats on to go outside. Staff work with parents to celebrate children's achievements using the children's 'proud cloud', and help children build a positive attitude to developing their skills. n Staff know children well. The team works together to observe children as they play. Each child's key person tracks their achievements and undertakes regular

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assessments to help outline gaps in their development. The manager is working closely with staff to support and enhance these processes. n The staff's 'morning welcome' introduces the children to the day well. Children join in with the 'Hello' song and vote for their favourite fruit for snack. Occasionally, staff make last-minute changes to group activities, and this results in some children getting distracted, and they distract others. At other times, staff

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3 May 2024 do not adapt their support to ensure the less confident and younger children are able to share their views during adult-led activities. n Outside, children build their physical skills well. They navigate obstacle courses and work together to challenge their skills with a skipping rope, travelling over and under this. They experiment with balls, exploring how these can travel; they enjoy using equipment to send them soaring in the air or catch them in a basket. n Children enjoy social mealtimes, sitting with their friends and staff, chatting happily. They have healthy fruit for their snack and pour their milk or water themselves. Staff work to develop children's understanding of healthy lifestyles. They teach children how to care for their teeth, using a beneficial programme of practical activities created by the manager and her staff team and through links with local dentists. n Parents, staff and committee members praise the work the manager does to

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need to do better?

lead the practice at the pre-school. She works with them all closely to continue to develop the provision. She undertakes regular supervision meetings with staff. She has appropriately outlined aspects that individual staff and the team as a whole need to improve, and training has been undertaken. However, more support is needed to develop some staff skills further, ensuring they consistently plan suitable challenges for children so they make the best possible progress.

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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 review and enhance the planning and support for group activities and extend children's confidence, involvement and learning further n increase the outlined support for staff skills and help all staff more readily focus on and extend children's learning needs to higher levels.

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Setting details

Unique reference number EY500676 Local authority Gloucestershire Inspection number 10335498 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 24 Number of children on roll 23 Name of registered person St Philip and St James Playgroup Committee

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reference number

Telephone number 07484 523570 Date of previous inspection 18 June 2018

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Information about this early years setting

Pip And Jim's Pre School originally registered with Ofsted in 1996, then moved premises and re-registered in 2016. It is located in Hatherley, Cheltenham. It operates Monday from 9am to midday and Tuesday to Friday from 9am to 2pm. There are six members of staff, five of whom hold an appropriate qualification at level 3. The pre-school provides funded places for children aged two, three and four years.

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Inspection activities

n This was the first routine inspection the pre-school 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 the evaluation of the provision. n The manager joined the inspector on a learning walk of the pre-school and talked to the inspector about their curriculum and what they want the children to learn. n The manager and the inspector evaluated the effectiveness of an activity together. n The inspector observed the children and staff and spoke with them at appropriate times during the inspection. n The inspector discussed the leadership and management of the pre-school with the manager and the committee treasurer. n Parents shared their views of the provision with the inspector. n Relevant documentation was reviewed by the inspector, including suitability checks and paediatric first-aid qualifications. n The manager discussed the safety and child protection procedures, and

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safeguarding discussions were undertaken with members of the staff team.

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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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