Calllands Pre-School & Link Club

Inspection of Calllands Pre-School & Link Club Callands Centre, Callands Road, Callands, WARRINGTON WA5 9RJ

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Overall effectiveness Good

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

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The provision is good

Leaders and staff provide an effective curriculum that ensures children's personal, social and emotional development is a priority. Staff work closely with parents and establish an effective settling-in process. Staff know all children's, including children who speak English as an additional language, starting points and meet their needs well. Additionally, staff provide embedded routines and a calm environment which promotes children's well-being and happiness. Children smile as they arrive, excited to start their day.

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The provision is good

Children benefit from an effective key-person system. They form strong bonds with their key person and the whole staff team. Staff have a clear understanding of children's, including children with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND), individual needs and personalities. Children who need extra support are helped by staff to play alongside other children and included in activities. For example, during song time when some children do not sit with the group, staff encourage them to sit as close as they are comfortable to be and join in with the songs and actions.

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The provision is good

Leaders and staff are superb role models. They have high expectations and establish clear boundaries for behaviour so children know what is expected of them. They understand the significance of developing children's positive behaviour. All staff ensure that they are consistent in their approach to managing behaviour. All children, including children with SEND, learn to solve problems, regulate their feelings and maintain relationships well. Children's behaviour is exemplary.

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need to do better?

n Staff plan appropriate and meaningful learning experiences for children. The curriculum is well balanced and tailored to support individual children's learning needs. Staff know the children well and precisely plan for their individual next steps. They know what skills children have already learned and what they want to teach them next and why. This sets children up for future success. n Quality interactions are a strength of the pre-school. Staff spend time engaging in meaningful conversations with children. Staff use questioning, commentary and direct teaching to promote children's learning. However, on occasions, some staff do not always build on children's curiosity to deepen their understanding. For example, during lunchtime, children sit with their key person and engage in conversations about healthy eating. Staff ask questions about healthy food choices and the importance of healthy teeth. Some children ask questions on

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need to do better?

how else they can keep their teeth healthy. Some staff do not use this curiosity to extend children's learning further. n Staff support children to make good progress in their communication and

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need to do better?

11 June 2024 language. Staff use different strategies to help children to enhance their speech and language development. For example, staff use Makaton sign language during registration to sign 'good afternoon' to some children. However, staff do not use these strategies consistently with all children. Therefore, some children do not always fully expand their communication skills. n Staff consider children's differing backgrounds and experiences when planning and delivering the curriculum. Staff use books to look at different flags and discuss the different countries that children may come from. Children develop an understanding of the world around them, which prepares them for life in modern Britain. n Children with SEND benefit from the delightfully calming sensory rooms in the pre-school. The knowledgeable special educational needs coordinator provides staff with training and guidance. This helps them to provide children with

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support that is personalised to their needs. The ongoing support that children with SEND receive ensures that they continue to make good progress. n Parents and carers are overwhelmingly complimentary of the pre-school's leaders, childcare and office staff. They say that staff are 'wonderfully caring' and their children make excellent progress. The many methods of communication used by leaders and staff promote excellent parent partnerships. As a result, parents have high levels of confidence in the staff and know what their children are learning. n Staff receive robust support on a personal and professional level. Consequently, staff retention levels and their well-being are good. This, in turn, provides consistency for children's care and development. The manager and her duty manager have a good oversight of the pre-school. This helps them to build strong relationships with all staff, children and families. Furthermore, this

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need to do better?

supports the manager to provide training for staff that is tailored to the needs of the children and staff. This ensures that the quality of care and education remains at consistently good levels.

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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 skills in responding to children's emerging interests, in order to capture their curiosity and build on what they already know n develop teaching practices further to ensure that staff extend all children's communication and language skills.

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Setting details

Unique reference number EY471909 Local authority Warrington Inspection number 10339312 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 28 Number of children on roll 36 Name of registered person Little Learners Committee

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reference number

Telephone number 01925 444692 Date of previous inspection 10 July 2018

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Information about this early years setting

Callands Pre-School & Link Club registered in 2014 and is situated in Warrington. The pre-school opens Monday to Friday from 9am until 3pm, during term time only. The link club opens Monday to Friday from 7.30am until 8.45am and 3.15pm until 6pm during term time only and from 8.30am until 5.30pm during selected holidays. The setting provides funded early years education for two-, three- and four-year- old children.

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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 setting. n The manager and inspector completed a learning walk together of all areas of the pre-school and discussed the early years curriculum. n The inspector carried out a joint observation with the duty manager of a planned group activity. n The inspector observed the interactions between the staff and children. n The inspector spoke to parents and took into account their views. n The inspector spoke to staff and children at appropriate times and took into account their views. n The inspector observed the quality of education being provided and assessed the impact that this was having on children's learning.

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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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