Annabelle's Fernham Pre-School

Inspection of Annabelle's Fernham Pre-School Fernham Village Hall, Fernham, Faringdon SN7 7NX

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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

Staff show a genuine enthusiasm and passion for working with children. They effectively demonstrate how they add value to all children's learning and how this is making a difference to their development. Children grow in confidence as their explorations are valued and their discoveries are celebrated. They follow the kind and collaborative examples set by staff and swiftly learn to take turns and play together harmoniously. Children demonstrate positive learning behaviours that are consistently recognised and praised by staff. For example, children listen and focus attentively during group time as they proudly contribute to discussions, recall events and sing familiar songs. Children are polite and consistently show care and consideration towards their friends. For instance, as children dress themselves for outdoor play, one child turns to a friend and says, 'I will wait for you.'

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The provision is good

The implementation of the curriculum is embedded well. Staff have high expectations of children and aspire for them to achieve. Staff skilfully respond to children's ideas as they play and narrate what they are doing, which ignites children's communication and language. Children show pride in their achievements as they perform a rehearsed nativity play excellently. This demonstrates children's ability, confidence and motivation to perform in front of a large audience.

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n Leaders are knowledgeable and work well with the staff team to design a curriculum that is sequenced and ambitious for all children. Overall, staff know the children well. They find out about children's interests and needs when they start. This helps to build on what children already know and can do. This means that children make good progress in their learning. n Staff communicate very well with children to encourage their language skills. They use clear sentences for younger children to understand and encourage all children to use their words. Older children communicate using complex sentences and can make their needs and wants known. Staff provide a running commentary on what they are doing and introduce new words. For example, children recall 'pre-school big words' they have learned, such as 'perseverance', and understand that this means 'to keep on going'. n Children develop their independence well. During snack time, children are

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excited to be selected to help prepare the table. Children make choices and confidently use small tongs to select which healthy foods they would like. Staff support children to use mathematical concepts during these routines. For example, children are encouraged to count how many cups they need on the table and use appropriate language to compare the different sizes of their food, such as 'biggest' and 'smallest'. n Children are highly confident and develop good levels of self-esteem. Staff praise

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10 December 2024 them regularly for their efforts and achievements, such as when children independently make crowns. Staff encourage children to talk about their creations and support them to develop their creative and fine manipulative skills. n Children behave exceptionally well. Staff teach children to respect others, share and be kind to others. Children learn how to understand feelings. They listen to staff's instructions and follow them well. n Children learn about people and different festivals from around the world. However, staff have not considered making full use of opportunities to represent all children's experiences, backgrounds and heritage to support their understanding of everyone being unique. n Partnerships with parents are strong. Parents report positively on the welcoming and friendly pre-school. They comment on how they feel well informed about their children's learning, development and progress. They greatly value the staff

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and the level of care they provide. n Staff reflect on their practice and identify areas to develop. Staff complete mandatory training and discuss best practice with other practitioners. However, the programme of professional development is not sharply focused on developing their teaching and wider curriculum skills even further. Leaders place a strong focus on staff's well-being. Staff say they feel well supported through regular team meetings and supervision sessions.

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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 extend children's knowledge and understanding of the similarities and differences between themselves and others, to further develop their awareness of diversity and increase their understanding of what makes them unique n focus on strengthening staff's ongoing professional development to further enhance and improve their knowledge and skills.

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Setting details

Unique reference number EY541339 Local authority Oxfordshire Inspection number 10363980 Type of provision Childcare on non-domestic premises

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Registers

Early Years Register, Compulsory Childcare Register Day care type Full day care

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inspection

Total number of places 24 Number of children on roll 31 Name of registered person Annabelle's Day Nursery Limited

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reference number

Telephone number 01367 240688 Date of previous inspection 17 January 2019

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Information about this early years setting

Annabelle's Fernham Pre-School registered in 2016 and is located in Fernham, near Farringdon, Oxfordshire. The pre-school opens from Monday to Friday during school term time. Sessions are from 8.30am until 1pm. The pre-school is in receipt of funding to provide free early education for three- and four-year-old children. The provider, who is also the manager, holds a level 5 qualification. The pre-school employs six members of staff, of whom five hold relevant qualifications at level 3 and one at level 5.

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Inspection activities

n The inspector observed activities in the main room and garden. She talked to staff about the progress individual children are making and what they want the children to learn. n The provider/manager and the inspector completed a learning walk across all areas of the pre-school to understand how the early years provision and the curriculum are organised. n A joint observation was carried out by the inspector and the provider/manager. The inspector observed interactions between staff and the children and the impact these have on children's learning. n The inspector checked evidence of the suitability and qualifications of staff working with children. n The inspector reviewed relevant documentation, including the arrangements for paediatric first-aid training. The inspector had a discussion with leaders about the evaluation of the setting and plans for improvement. n The inspector spoke to parents and children during the inspection and took

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Inspection activities

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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