Pippins Pre-school Ltd.

Inspection of Pippins Pre-school Ltd. The Brick Pavilion, Queens Road, Farnborough GU14 6DU

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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

The management and staff team create a welcoming environment, where children are happy, safe and well cared for. Staff get to know children and their families well. They find out about the unique needs of children to help them tailor care that supports children to move to the pre-school with confidence. Children develop good social skills. Staff place a strong focus on helping children learn to play with their friends cooperatively. Children learn how to take turns with favourite toys and gain a good understanding of kindness and respect for each other. Children behave well. Children have a strong sense of belonging. They develop good levels of independence and are well prepared for their eventual move on to school

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The provision is good

Staff are ambitious for children. They plan and provide a curriculum that supports children's individual learning. Children demonstrate that they are eager to play and that they enjoy the activities on offer. For instance, children practise balancing on 'monster feet' as they take steps, proudly sharing their new skills with staff and their friends. Leaders recognise when some children, including children in receipt of additional funding and those with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND), need extra help to catch up with their peers. They work closely with parents and professionals to ensure that children with SEND receive the support they need. Leaders make good use of additional funding to meet the needs of the children who receive it.

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n Leaders and staff work well together. The leaders are highly qualified and have a good knowledge and understanding of early childhood development. There have been recent changes to the staff team and new members say that they feel well supported in their roles. Staff practice is continuously improving as they are supported to learn more about how children learn and develop. Leaders deliver relevant training, coaching and guidance to support staff's professional development. Overall, teaching is good. However, at times, some staff do not adapt their teaching to challenge and extend older and most able children's thinking to maximise their learning. n Leaders and staff prioritise children's communication and language development. Where some children start behind in their language skills, staff plan and tailor learning to help children to catch up quickly. Staff create a language-rich environment. They engage children in conversations where they model language

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and help children to understand and pronounce new words. For instance, staff teach children about different types of dinosaurs and their habitats. Staff sound out more complex names of dinosaurs, breaking these down for children to hear and repeat back confidently. All children make good progress in their communication skills from their starting points.

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13 November 2024 n Children are highly independent. Staff encourage and support children to learn how to manage a wide variety of self-care tasks for themselves from the outset. For instance, younger children learn how to fasten and unfasten coats as they move from indoors to outdoors. At mealtimes, older children learn how to use cutlery to cut up foods and feed themselves. Younger children learn how to accurately serve themselves drinks, pouring liquids with ease. Staff recognise and respond when children need support, giving them time to practise and successfully master their growing independence. n Children develop good physical skills. Staff place a strong focus on this area of children's development as part of their curriculum. Children gain good control, balance and coordination of their large and small muscle skills during activities staff plan and provide for them. For instance, older children learn how to

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need to do better?

balance their bodies as they roll down small inclines on bicycles and tricycles. Children become very confident in their own abilities as staff encourage them to have a go and to keep on trying. This helps to build children's emotional resilience and a belief that they can achieve goals that they set themselves. n Parents speak very highly of the care their children receive. Leaders get to know the children and their families extremely well. Staff share children's daily activities, progress and special achievements with parents to celebrate children's success. Where children have additional support in place, staff work closely with other professionals to establish strong partnership working to promote consistency for children's care and learning. However, staff are yet to embed a two-way flow of information with all parents, doing which would help them to have a full range of information about children and support parents to continue

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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 develop staff's knowledge of how to identify and use opportunities to challenge and extend children's learning as they play n provide parents with more specific information about children's individual next steps to help them extend learning at home.

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Setting details

Unique reference number EY450669 Local authority Hampshire Inspection number 10359977 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 Full day care

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inspection

Total number of places 30 Number of children on roll 27 Name of registered person Pippins Pre School Ltd

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reference number

Telephone number 01252 373137 Date of previous inspection 4 December 2018

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Information about this early years setting

Pippins Pre-school first opened in the 1990s and re-registered as a limited company in 2012. It operates from The Brick Pavilion at the recreation ground in the North Camp area of Farnborough. The pre-school is open from 8am to 4pm, Monday to Friday, during term time only. There are seven members of childcare staff working directly with the children. Of these, six hold early years qualifications at level 2 or above. The pre-school provides government funded education for children aged two, three and four.

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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 children told the inspector about their friends and what they like to do when they are at pre-school. n The inspector observed the quality of education being provided, indoors and outdoors, and assessed the impact that this has on children's learning. n Parents shared their views of the setting with the inspector. n The manager showed the inspector documentation to demonstrate the suitability of staff. n Staff spoke to the inspector about how they support children with SEND.

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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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