Blaby Pre-School

Inspection of Blaby Pre-School Parish Church Rooms, Church Street, Blaby, LEICESTER LE8 4FA

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Overall effectiveness Inadequate

The quality of education Good Behaviour and attitudes Good Personal development Good Leadership and management Inadequate Overall effectiveness at previous inspection Good

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The provision is inadequate

Children's safety is potentially compromised. The provider has failed to ensure that staff complete essential paediatric first-aid training. As a result, there are no staff that hold a current paediatric first-aid certificate on site or available to accompany children on outings.

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The provision is inadequate

Children are warmly greeted by staff on their arrival. Staff offer sensitive support to children that are new to the setting. Children settle quickly and are excited to see their friends and to explore the activities that staff have set up for them. They take turns to order and make food in the role-play restaurant. Children learn to negotiate with each other and wait until it is their turn to roll cars down a cardboard tube. Staff praise children's positive interactions as they play harmoniously together. This contributes to a positive environment, where children feel safe and secure.

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The provision is inadequate

Children develop their small-muscle skills well. Staff provide a range of resources for children to use. For example, children use tweezers and scoops to separate noodles from coloured rice and chopsticks to make different marks in sand. Staff encourage older children to copy Chinese number symbols. At snack time, children use spoons to scoop fruit and small knives to spread butter and jam on toast.

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need to do better?

n The provider has not ensured that staff maintain a current paediatric first-aid certificate, this means that staff are not equipped, through up-to-date knowledge, to respond appropriately in the event of an accident or serious incident. During the inspection, the inspector identified that the provider has previously failed to ensure that staff receive first-aid training in a timely way. The provider's oversight of the arrangements to keep children safe and to promote their welfare is not effective. This compromises children's safety and well-being. n The staff know children well. They use their knowledge of child development and their assessment of children's stage of learning to plan activities, which reflect children's interests and what they need to learn next. Overall, staff interact positively with children. However, at times, they do not use their interactions well enough to challenge and extend all children's learning further.

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need to do better?

n Partnerships with parents are positive. Staff gather useful information from parents when children first start. They provide parents with regular updates about their children's development through face-to face meetings and an online application. Staff share ideas with parents to support their children's learning at home. n Children develop good mathematical skills and knowledge. Staff support them to accurately count how many children are present as they line up ready to play.

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need to do better?

30 January 2025 They encourage children to notice and identify numerals in the environment. For example, children recognise numbers on signs during a walk in the local community. Staff introduce some mathematical language during activities and talk about different shapes and sizes. While playing independently, children recognise how many cars they are holding. n Children participate in group-time activities as part of the daily routine. With staff, children welcome each other in turn, sing songs and talk about plans for the day. In the main, children engage and listen well. However, staff do not always plan group times well enough to reflect the needs of the younger children. At times, these children lose interest and become disengaged in their learning. n Staff support children to develop their communication and language skills. They use symbol and picture cards to help younger children to communicate their

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need to do better?

choices at snack time. Staff talk to children as they play and encourage them to engage in back-and-forth conversations. Children enthusiastically join in with the words and actions of familiar songs and rhymes. They choose books that interest them from the selection available and enjoy listening to stories read by staff. n Children are encouraged by staff to be independent and to do things for themselves. Children learn to wash their hands before meals and after using the toilet. They help to tidy away toys and resources before lunch. Staff support children to put on their coats and show them how to do up the zip ready to go outside for a walk.

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Safeguarding

The arrangements for safeguarding are not effective.

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Safeguarding

There is not an open and positive culture around safeguarding that puts children's interests first.

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Due date

ensure there is at least one person who has a current paediatric first-aid certificate on the premises and available at all times. 01/03/2025

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should:

n support staff to maximise their interactions with children to further extend their

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should:

30 January 2025 learning n review the planning of group activities to take account of the needs of younger children.

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Setting details

Unique reference number EY438937 Local authority Leicestershire Inspection number 10376021 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 26 Number of children on roll 21 Name of registered person Blaby Pre-School Limited

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reference number

Telephone number 07759496760 Date of previous inspection 14 May 2019

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Information about this early years setting

Blaby Pre-School registered in 2011. The pre-school employs six members of staff. Of these, three hold appropriate early years qualifications at level 3 and one holds appropriate early years qualifications at level 5. The pre-school opens from 9am until 3pm, from Monday to Thursday and from 9am until 12 noon on Friday, term time only. The pre-school provides funded early education for two-, three- and four-year-old children.

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Inspection activities

n The deputy manager and inspector completed a learning walk together and discussed the early years curriculum. n The inspector observed the quality of education during activities, indoors and outdoors, and assessed the impact on children's learning. n Children spoke to the inspector throughout the inspection. n The inspector spoke to staff at appropriate times throughout the inspection. n The inspector held a meeting with the provider. She reviewed relevant documentation and evidence of the suitability of staff to work in the pre-school. n The inspector carried out a joint observation with the provider. n Parents shared their views of the pre-school with the inspector.

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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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