Playbox St. Johns Pre-School Nursery

Inspection of Playbox St. Johns Pre- School Nursery Manor Farm Lane, Egham, Surrey TW20 9HL

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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 arrive happy and confidently leave their parents and carers at the door. Leaders have good procedures in place to support new starters at the pre-school. Parents complete forms and share information about their children's care needs during settling-in visits. Children seek out their friends and quickly become engaged in a variety of planned activities. Staff are kind and nurturing in their interactions. This helps children feel safe and secure.

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The provision is good

Staff encourage children to use their imagination during play. Children use a breadth of language to describe the things they are doing in their play. Staff interactions are purposeful. For instance, children dress up and pretend to be doctors and nurses. Staff introduce new ideas and language, such as 'stethoscope' and 'thermometer'. They role model with the children how to use the different resources. Children quickly follow their lead, checking the temperatures of their teddy bears. This helps children understand about their bodies and the people who help us.

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The provision is good

Staff have high expectations of children's behaviour. They have developed the routines of the pre-school to meet the needs of the children. For example, leaders have spilt some parts of the day, such as mealtimes, into groups of older and younger children. This allows younger children to relax and take time eating their lunch, while staff promote good manners.

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need to do better?

n Staff plan opportunities for children to be creative and develop their fine motor skills. For example, children create Christmas trees using pegs and pom-poms. They concentrate intently as they squeeze the peg and dip the pom-poms in paint, adding different colours to their pictures. This helps to develop the small muscles in their hands for later writing. n Staff promote children's health well. They provide guidance for parents to help them understand what makes a healthy packed lunch. Children have ample opportunities to exercise, both indoors and outdoors, which promotes their good health and well-being. n Overall, staff support children's independence. Staff encourage children to use the bathroom and wash their hands independently. However, at times, staff are too quick to complete simple tasks for children that they could try for themselves, such as wiping their own nose or putting on their coats to play

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need to do better?

outside. This means children do not have consistent opportunities to practise their independence skills. n Partnerships with parents are strong. Staff regularly share information with parents about their children's development through daily discussions and an

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5 December 2024 online platform. Parents comment on the book-lending library and how this has helped them to continue their children's love of stories at home. n Staff provide very good support for children with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND). They focus strongly on meeting their individual needs. Staff work closely with other professionals and parents to create and use plans that help children with SEND to progress in their development. n Overall, teaching is good. Staff have a clear understanding of the nursery curriculum. They place a high priority on developing children's communication skills. For example, older children speak with confidence as they create a 'space planet' from play dough. However, at times, during some planned activities, the learning intent is too advanced for some of the younger children. Leaders have introduced more specific feedback for staff to help support their practice,

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although this is not yet fully embedded. This means teaching is variable across the pre-school. n Staff help children to play harmoniously together. They encourage children to talk to each other and take turns with the resources. This promotes their positive attitudes to learning. n Leaders implement a programme of supervision and training to help develop the practice and knowledge of staff. However, they recognise the need to extend and embed the current strategies so that teaching is consistent across the pre- school. This will help staff develop their skills and practice further. n The provider has failed to notify Ofsted of a change in managers. Leaders acknowledge this was an oversight and they are now fully aware of their duty to notify Ofsted in the future. This oversight does not have any impact on children's safety.

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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 support staff to recognise when they can encourage children to develop their independence skills further n strengthen the coaching and mentoring for staff to further develop their skills and enhance the implementation of the curriculum.

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Setting details

Unique reference number EY544116 Local authority Surrey Inspection number 10368434 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 33 Number of children on roll 60

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Name of registered person

The Parochial Church Council Of The Ecclesiastical Parish Of St John The Baptist Egham

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reference number

Telephone number 07927 335575 Date of previous inspection 20 March 2019

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Information about this early years setting

Playbox St. Johns Pre-School Nursery registered in 2017 and is located in Egham, Surrey. It operates term time only, between 9am and 3pm. There are currently 10 staff working with children, of whom eight hold a relevant qualification at level 2 or above. The setting provides funded early education for two-, three- and four-year- old children.

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Inspection activities

n Leaders and the inspector completed a learning walk together of all areas of the nursery and discussed the early years curriculum. n The inspector talked to staff, parents and children 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 and leaders carried out a joint observation of a group activity. 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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