All Nations Pre-School

Inspection of All Nations Pre-School All Nations Church, Brickhill Drive, Bedford MK41 7QF

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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 Outstanding

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The provision is good

The manager and staff warmly welcome children and their families on arrival. They support children to develop a positive attitude to their learning and help them to manage their feelings, including developing resilience to setbacks. Staff support children to develop their independence and take responsibility. Children pour their own drinks and help to tidy away the resources. Staff encourage children to manipulate dough to strengthen small muscles, and provide a range of activities to encourage children's mark making. For example, children paint colourful pictures at the painting easels. They use their developing imaginations and language to describe their 'monster truck' and 'exploding meteor', demonstrating pride in their achievements.

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The provision is good

Staff support children to develop their mathematical knowledge. They encourage children to count and to recognise written numerals during hopscotch games. Additionally, staff introduce simple calculation concepts as children sing songs, such as 'Five Little Speckled Frogs'. Older children demonstrate their understanding. They know that if there are five frogs and one is taken away that there are four frogs left. Staff encourage children to refine their balancing and coordination skills as they walk across the stepping stones and use the foam 'walking feet'. Children's hand-eye and coordination skills are also developed as they thread coloured beads onto wooden rods.

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need to do better?

n The experienced manager and staff work hard to create a welcoming environment in this pack-away setting. Staff supervision is appropriately used to identify ongoing professional development opportunities. For example, staff have attended training and workshops to help them support children with special educational needs and/or disabilities and to enhance children's communication and language. n The manager and staff have developed a curriculum to cover all areas of a child's development, building on what children know and can do. They carefully consider the experiences each child brings to the pre-school to enhance the opportunities that are available to them. For example, they provide additional sports sessions to support children's physical development. Overall, the quality of teaching is good. However, on occasions, some staff do not promote planned learning intentions or use spontaneous opportunities to further extend children's

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development. n Staff know the children well and provide them with a range of activities to enhance their development. For example, children plant strawberries and wild flowers to learn how food and plants grow. However, on occasions rigid routines prevent children from continuing to participate in the activities they are enjoying.

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21 May 2024 This includes their access to the outdoor area. For example, children are asked to stop what they are doing to take part in other group activities and to have their snack. n Staff support children, including those who speak English as a second language, to develop their communication and language skills. They encourage children to sing familiar rhymes. Children laugh when they pretend that a spider is sitting on their nose. Staff share stories with the children. Older children listen to a story about a ladybird. They demonstrate their understanding that some animals are 'huge' and 'big' compared to the 'small' ladybird. n Staff successfully support children with special educational needs and/or disabilities and pride themselves on the support they give to families. Staff provide children with one-to-one support and work with other professionals. Staff also support children who receive early years pupil premium. Additional

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funding has been used to fund extra sessions and to enable children to take part in initiatives, such as the 'duck hatching project'. n Staff provide a range of experiences that broadens children's understanding of the community and the role of others. Children walk to a local wild flower area and purchase food items from a local shop. Visitors are welcomed into the pre- school. Children learn about the role of the vet and a visit from a mental health nurse has supported children to understand different emotions and how these can be managed. n Parents praise the good-quality care and education their children receive. Flexible settling-in sessions help to build relationships prior to the children starting the pre-school. Parents receive daily verbal feedback on their child's day and have access to written information and photos about their child's development through an online platform. Additionally, parents are welcomed to

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need to do better?

regular stay-and-play sessions with their children and staff encourage them to take home books to share with their children.

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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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n support staff to promote specific learning intentions more effectively during planned activities, and use every opportunity to extend children's learning during spontaneous activities n review the organisation of planned routines to enable children to develop and complete the activities they are enjoying, including making more effective use of

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21 May 2024 the outdoor environment to support children who prefer to learn outside.

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Setting details

Unique reference number EY472061 Local authority Bedford Inspection number 10335791 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 32 Number of children on roll 41 Name of registered person All Nations Church

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reference number

Telephone number 01234273773 Date of previous inspection 27 June 2018

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Information about this early years setting

All Nations Pre-School registered in 2013. The pre-school employs 10 members of childcare staff. Of these, eight all hold appropriate early years qualifications at level 2 or above, including the manager who has early years professional status. The pre-school operates during term time from 9am to 3.30pm, apart from Wednesdays when the provision is open from 9am to midday. There is the option of an early drop off at 8.30am and a lunchtime club operates from midday to 12.30pm each day. 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 and inspector completed a learning walk across all areas of the nursery to understand how the early years curriculum is organised. n The inspector observed staff's interactions with the children during indoor and outdoor activities, and assessed the impact this has on the children's progress and achievements. n The manager, staff and children engaged in discussions with the inspector at appropriate times during the inspection. n The inspector carried out a joint observation with the manager and discussed the children's progress and achievements. n A sample of the nursery documents were reviewed by the inspector. This included evidence of staff suitability. n The inspector took account of the views of parents by speaking to them.

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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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