Went Valley Pre School

Inspection of Went Valley Pre School Kirk Smeaton C of E Primary School, Main Street, Kirk Smeaton, Pontefract, West Yorkshire WF8 3JY

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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 secure in this friendly, nurturing pre-school. Staff provide opportunities for children to develop their social skills. Children chat together while they have snack. Children compare how old they are going to be on their next birthday. They talk about their hobbies and interests with each other. Children enjoy playing and talking together. They build positive bonds with each other and with the staff.

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The provision is good

Managers use assessment well to understand what children know and can do. They use this information to carefully consider what they want children to learn next. This ensures that learning is tailored to individual children's needs. They identify gaps in children's learning and ensure that staff focus on these areas in their teaching. For example, staff focus on modelling language to children so that they develop their vocabulary.

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The provision is good

Staff help children to learn what is expected of them. Children learn that they must sit at the table for snack and help to tidy up. Staff use lots of praise and encouragement to promote more good behaviour. When staff say, 'thank you' children say, 'you are welcome'. They wash they hands before snack time, because they know that this is part of their routine. When younger children occasionally need help to remember, staff sensitively model this for them. Children learn what is right and what is wrong from positive adult role models.

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need to do better?

n Managers and staff consider the skills they want children to have by the time they start school. By the time children leave the setting, they are confident talkers and can interact positively with their friends. n Staff provide opportunities for children to develop their physical skills. They build structures out of large blocks, reaching up high to stack them. They draw big circles with chalks. This helps them to develop the muscles in their arms, ready for later writing. n Children enjoy the range of resources that are provided for them. They enjoy using their imagination. They pretend to talk on the telephone and race trains around a track. They pretend to be characters in a pirate ship and a tree house. Staff skilfully join in with children's play or sit back and provide commentary. n Staff are skilled at introducing mathematics into children's play. They sit alongside children pointing out the numbers on jigsaws and encouraging them to

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need to do better?

count the corresponding objects on the pictures. Staff point out shapes in the environment as children play. Children pretend to serve ice-cream in the 'ice- cream shop'. Staff use this as an opportunity to introduce colours, numbers, size and shape. Children learn a range of mathematical concepts and language.

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need to do better?

11 September 2024 n Children recall the story of the hungry caterpillar and remember all of the different foods that it eats. Children enjoy listening to stories as they sit and listen attentively. Staff make stories sound exciting and interesting, as they read with enthusiasm and different tones of voice. This helps children to develop a love of stories. n Managers find out about the experiences that children arrive with. However, they are not yet providing a wide range of opportunities for children to develop their sense of belonging to their community or develop their individual characters and interests. n Staff help children to develop their critical thinking skills. Children make ramps for their cars out of pipes. Staff ask questions to help them to figure out the best way to do it. Staff ask children if they can remember how to make ice. Children remember that they need water and that it then needs to go in the freezer.

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need to do better?

n Occasionally, opportunities for children to develop their independence and creativity are not consistently available. Areas for children to develop their creativity do not allow children to make choices or experiment with different materials. In addition, children's independence is not consistently promoted during mealtimes. n Parents say that their children develop positive relationships with staff and other children. They say that staff help them to continue learning at home such as, toilet training. This helps children to continue to learn and practise new skills at home n Managers evaluate the provision and identify changes and developments. For example, they have added more large-scale resources outdoors, to help children to develop their physical skills.

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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 consider how you can plan for children to be provided with wider experiences that help them to develop their interests and sense of belong to a community n provide more opportunities for children to develop their independence and creativity.

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Setting details

Unique reference number EY306599 Local authority North Yorkshire Inspection number 10354227 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 10 Name of registered person Beck, Lindsay Anne

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reference number

Telephone number 01977 621521 Date of previous inspection 13 June 2019

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Information about this early years setting

Went Valley Pre School registered in 2005 and operates from the community room within Kirk Smeaton Church of England Primary School. The pre-school employs four members of childcare staff. Of these, three hold appropriate early years qualifications at level 2 and above. The pre-school opens from Monday to Friday during term time only. Sessions are from 9am until 1pm. The pre-school provides funded early education for two-, three- and four-year-old children.

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Inspection activities

n The inspector viewed the provision and discussed the safety and suitability of the premises. n The manager joined the inspector on a learning walk and talked to the inspector about their curriculum and what they want the children to learn. 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 The inspector carried out a joint observation of a group activity with the 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 nursery.

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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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