100 Acrewood Preschool

Inspection of 100 Acrewood Preschool Community Centre, Tylehurst Drive, Redhill RH1 6EL

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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 very happy and secure. The dedicated staff pride themselves on the effective settling-in process that supports all children to build a sense of belonging. Children display strong bonds with staff, and new children quickly build attachments with their designated key person. The setting recognises the utmost importance of gathering lots of initial information from parents about their children's interests and needs. Therefore, staff plan a curriculum that closely follows children's own choices and changing fascinations. Children are confident, resilient and curious in their play and learning through the effective role modelling of the staff team.

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The provision is good

Children behave well. Staff help them to gain the skills they require to work well with others, and this supports their future learning. For instance, staff ask children their opinions and give explanations that children are able to understand. Children have lots of freedom to explore indoors and outdoors. They confidently access the rich learning resources and activities planned for them. Children manage simple risks in their play as they balance on beams, investigate in the mud kitchen with herbs and natural items and ride on bikes. This helps children to have access to fresh air and to increase their physical skills and abilities.

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need to do better?

n Children make good progress. Staff carefully watch their development and plan appropriate next steps to help children succeed, including children who are in receipt of additional funding. Staff are intuitive in how they plan the environment and the range of resources for children to access at the setting. For example, there is an abundance of sensory experiences for children to explore with textures and sensations in their play. Children delight in squeezing lemons into water to create 'special tea'. They squash mint to release the aromas and spend a lot of time making their own creations, which supports their concentration skills. n Overall, children are provided with a broad curriculum that covers all the areas of learning. Younger children explore with shapes and colours as an early introduction to mathematics. Older children build a tall tower and carefully add more bricks to see how high they can make it before it falls over. However, at

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times, mathematical activities for older children do not build on and extend their learning successfully. This does not fully help them to build a deeper knowledge and understanding of additional mathematical concepts. n The leadership team is very supportive in its approach towards the staff. Staff have regular supervision meetings and training opportunities. For instance, staff regularly attend first-aid and safeguarding training to help them to protect the children in their care to the best of their abilities. The leaders are very reflective

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need to do better?

1 October 2024 in evaluating the quality of all areas of the pre-school. For example, the team is currently reviewing how it can incorporate more risk and challenge opportunities for children outdoors. n Children are learning about nature in the world around them. They use a variety of resources, such as acorns and pine cones, to make imprints, patterns and marks in play dough. During this time, they discuss with staff the different surfaces, colours and textures as they handle these. This helps children to develop the skills they require for early literacy skills and competence in using a variety of tools and resources. n Staff take a genuine interest in each and every child who attends the setting. Children learn to respect and include others in their play to develop higher levels of understanding. However, they do not have many opportunities in their everyday play to explore diversity and learn more about the differences and

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similarities in themselves and others. n Children are developing good communication and language skills, supported through effective practice of the staff team. Children are given time to answer questions asked of them to build on their increasing vocabulary. They delight in story time with staff when they point and look at pictures in their favourite books. Children enjoy circle time together and become excited as they sing songs linked to items in the story sack. They show their increasing memory and recall skills as they competently sing all the words to the songs they remember. n Partnerships with parents form a fundamental part of the ethos for the pre- school. Parents value the attention and time that are given to them and their children from the team. There is a constant two-way flow of communication, with leaders taking time each and every day to greet and welcome children and families. Therefore, parents feel fully included in their child's development,

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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 increase support for older and most able children to develop a deeper understanding of mathematical concepts n strengthen opportunities for children to learn more about the differences and similarities between themselves and others.

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Setting details

Unique reference number EY537235 Local authority Surrey Inspection number 10355183 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 42 Number of children on roll 27 Name of registered person Earle, Julie Anne

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reference number

Telephone number 07799541168 Date of previous inspection 20 November 2018

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Information about this early years setting

100 Acrewood Preschool registered in 2016 and operates from the Birchwood Community Hall, in Redhill, Surrey. It provides care time term only, from 8.30am to 3pm, Monday to Friday. The pre-school provides funded early education to children aged two, three and four years. There are five members of staff working directly with the children. Of these, the setting leader holds a suitable qualification at level 6, and two staff members hold early years qualifications at level 3.

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Inspection activities

n The leadership team and the inspector discussed how the curriculum for the setting is organised. n Parents spoke directly to the inspector and their comments were taken into consideration as part of the inspection. n The inspector and the setting leader carried out a joint observation together and discussed plans for evaluating and areas identified for improvement in the pre- school. n A range of documentation was sampled, including evidence of suitability checks. A leadership meeting took place with both members of the leadership team. n The inspector observed teaching and learning, indoors and outdoors, and assessed the impact this has on children's development.

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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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