Children's Workshop (Preschool) Ltd

Inspection of Children's Workshop (Preschool) Ltd East Molesey Methodist Church, Manor Road, East Molesey KT8 9JU

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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

Children demonstrate that they feel safe and secure as they rush into the pre- school, eager to start the day. The well-qualified and highly experienced staff team provides a warm, welcoming, and inclusive environment where children flourish. The key-person system is highly effective, and staff have a good understanding of the individual and unique characteristics of the children in their care.

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The provision is good

Children behave well. They play harmoniously with their friends and happily take turns and share. Staff set clear boundaries to help children to understand why rules exist, especially those that help to keep them safe. Staff provide children with meaningful praise including for their good behaviour and individual efforts. This helps children to develop a positive sense of themselves and take pride in their achievements.

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The provision is good

All children, including those with special educational needs and/or disabilities, make good progress from their starting points. The enthusiastic leaders and their staff have created an ambitious curriculum to ensure that children achieve the best possible outcomes. Staff complete regular assessments on children's learning and development. This helps them to quickly identify any emerging gaps and provide targeted interventions. They collaborate well with parents and other professionals, to ensure that all children receive timely support.

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need to do better?

n Leaders and staff are committed to ensuring that all children become motivated to learn. They provide an abundance of activities and experiences to encourage children to explore, investigate and find out new things. For instance, they provide children with a variety of objects to see which ones float and which ones sink. Older children predict what will happen and younger children find out by trial and error. Children conclude that lighter objects, such as plastic and pinecones float and heavy items, including stones and conkers sink. n Staff support children's communication and language development very well. They quickly identify children who have gaps in their learning and provide small- group activities to help them to catch up. Subsequently, children with communication and language delays are making rapid progress. They demonstrate good listening and attention skills, enjoy stories, and sing along to

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familiar songs and rhymes. n Staff boost children's emerging literacy skills well. Songs, rhymes, and stories are an integral part of everyday routines and books are easily accessible. Children enjoy listening to staff as they read to them with energy and enthusiasm. Mark-making resources are plentiful and staff encourage children to follow their own interests. For example, when children show an interest in

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need to do better?

9 January 2025 printing their names on the attendance register, staff encourage them to do this. These positive experiences support children to develop an enjoyment of early reading and writing. n Overall, teaching is good. Staff interact well with children. They engage in conversations with them and ask questions to check what they know and remember. However, staff occasionally provide activities that are too challenging for younger children. This leads to children occasionally losing interest and not fully benefiting from the learning experiences provided. n Staff successfully help children to develop an awareness of leading a healthy lifestyle. They ensure that they have an abundance of opportunities to be physically active both indoors and outside. Children enjoy the time they spend outdoors. They show good skills in balance and coordination, such as when using balancing blocks, beams and confidently manoeuvre around obstacles.

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n Partnerships with parents are strong. Leaders and staff provide them with regular updates on their children's progress and make suggestions on how they can support learning at home. For example, children take books home from the pre-school to share with parents. This helps to strengthen children's love of reading. Parents comment that their children love attending the pre-school and have made rapid progress. n Leaders are committed to ensuring that staff's well-being and professional development are well maintained. Leaders provide opportunities throughout the year to meet as a group and individually to build a strong and effective team that benefits the children. This helps to create a happy working environment.

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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 help staff to recognise how to adapt activities so they meet the individual learning needs of the younger children.

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Setting details

Unique reference number 2692834 Local authority Surrey Inspection number 10367609 Type of provision Childcare on non-domestic premises Registers Early Years Register Day care type Sessional day care

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inspection

Total number of places 68 Number of children on roll 55 Name of registered person Children's Workshop (Preschool ) Limited

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reference number

Telephone number 0208 979 0692 Date of previous inspection Not applicable

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Information about this early years setting

The Children's Workshop registered in 2022 and is situated in East Molesey, Surrey. It is open each weekday during school term times from 9am to 2.30pm. The provider employs 12 members of staff, nine of whom hold appropriate early years qualifications. There is one staff member who holds qualified teacher status. The pre-school receives funding to provide free early education for children aged two, three and four years.

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Inspection activities

n The manager and the inspector completed a learning walk together and discussed how the curriculum is organised. n The inspector observed the quality of teaching during activities and assessed the impact this has on children's learning. n The inspector carried out a joint observation with the manager and discussed the quality of teaching. n The inspector asked staff questions to establish their understanding of how to safeguard children, and how they assess and plan for children's learning. n The inspector took account of the views of parents through face-to-face and written feedback provided.

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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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9 January 2025 regulates and inspects to achieve excellence in the care of children and young people, and in education and skills for learners of all ages. It regulates and inspects childcare and children's social care, and inspects the Children and Family Court Advisory and Support Service (Cafcass), schools, colleges, initial teacher training, further education and skills, adult and community learning, and education and training in prisons and other secure establishments. It assesses council children's services, and inspects services for looked after children, safeguarding and child protection.

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