Congresbury Community Preschool

Inspection of Congresbury Community Preschool Preschool - St Andrews Primary School, Station Road, Congresbury BS49 5DX

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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 Not applicable

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The provision is good

Staff provide a welcoming environment that sparks children's curiosity and desire to explore. For example, young children discover that they can see things close or far away depending on which end of the binoculars they look through. Children arrive happy and settle quickly because they feel physically and emotionally secure. The curriculum is ambitious and varied. Children who prefer to learn outdoors have lots of opportunities to use the well-planned gardens, where they develop control and coordination and a love of nature.

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The provision is good

Children have a positive attitude to learning because the enthusiastic staff know how to engage them successfully in their play. For example, older children eagerly answer questions and provide descriptions to help staff guess the toy animal on their head. Children learn from each other as staff adapt the questions for more able children, who demonstrate their understanding of habitats and the food animals eat. Children behave well, take turns and are clearly excited when it is their turn to guess.

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The provision is good

Staff know the children well. They also build successful relationships with parents and carers from the start. This enables them to have a firm understanding of what each child can do and what they need to be learning next.

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need to do better?

n Leaders have empowered staff successfully to focus on meaningful observations of the children. This enables them to know what fascinates children. They use this information to develop their knowledge and skills and to quickly identify children's next stages of learning and any gaps in their development. Leaders ensure the appropriate use of government funding. Along with those responsible for children with special educational needs and/or disabilities, they ensure all children have full access to the curriculum. n Staff focus effectively on embedding children's prime areas of development to underpin all other learning. They engage children of all ages in discussions to extend their language skills and knowledge. For example, older children learn that lion's hair is called a mane. Young children have lots of opportunities for repetition, so they enthusiastically join in with action songs and concentrate

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need to do better?

extremely well as they eagerly wait to see 'what's in the box?' However, on occasions, staff do not make full use of children's play to encourage them to use numbers. n Children behave well and have lovely relationships with the staff, who provide sensitive support if children find it hard to regulate their emotions. Staff engage effectively in children's chosen activities and play. They are good role models, sometimes getting things wrong for children to correct them or to show how

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need to do better?

6 November 2024 they occasionally need help from others to complete a task. Children are proud of their achievements and are heard to praise each other, such as when balancing on a plank between crates and using a water-butt to collect water. n Children become increasingly independent in managing their personal care. They learn to put on wet-weather gear and know where to store their wellies. Children become resilient as they persevere with any difficulties they encounter, sensitively supported by staff. Children of all ages help to cut up fruit for snack. However, staff do not always encourage older children to do as much as they can for themselves at mealtimes to challenge them further. n Staff provide good care practices to promote children's health. They help children to develop an important understanding of healthy eating through discussions and fun games, embedding this in their role play. Children access

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need to do better?

drinking water indoors and outdoors to keep hydrated. Staff are currently planning more ways to extend children's awareness of caring for their teeth. n Leaders and staff evaluate their setting effectively, identifying where to focus any actions to have the most impact on children's development and welfare. For example, they now have a sandpit under cover to use all year around and have developed cosy areas for reading. Two staff have had training to provide forest school activities to enable children to manage appropriate risks and extend their understanding and enthusiasm for the outdoors.

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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 focus staff development on extending ways to challenge older children in their independence at mealtimes and supporting younger children's use of numbers in their play.

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Setting details

Unique reference number 2676112 Local authority North Somerset Inspection number 10363676 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 48 Number of children on roll 68 Name of registered person Congresbury Community Preschool CIO

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reference number

Telephone number 01934 782327 Date of previous inspection Not applicable

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Information about this early years setting

Congresbury Community Preschool re-registered in 2022 as a CIO Committee. The pre-school is open each weekday from 7.30am to 6pm, term time only. They offer care for children aged two to four years and provide wraparound care for children aged up to 11 years. There are twelve members of staff. Of these, four hold an early years qualification at degree level. There are five members of staff with an appropriate early years qualification at level 3, and one at level 2. The pre-school offers government funded places.

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Inspection activities

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 talked to staff at convenient times and observed the quality of teaching, indoors and outdoors, and assessed the impact this was having on children's learning. n The manager and inspector conducted a joint observation of staff interacting in older children's free play. n The inspector spoke with parents, read written feedback left for the inspection and spoke with children, taking account of all their views. n The inspector looked at relevant documentation and 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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