Tiny Turtles Preschool Paulsgrove

Inspection of Tiny Turtles Preschool Paulsgrove Paulsgrove Baptist Church, 1 Woofferton Road, Portsmouth, Hampshire PO6 4DW

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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 Requires improvement

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The provision is good

Children are happy and settle well in this pre-school. They receive warm and personal greetings from staff on arrival, who check in with parents for any information they need to know to support each child's day. Although there have been some changes to both the leadership and staff team, all staff get to know children well, developing secure and nurturing bonds. As a result, children are confident to seek out staff for play, comfort and reassurance if needed. Children's emotional development is well considered.

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The provision is good

Leaders, alongside their staff team, have worked hard to make the necessary improvements since the last inspection. All staff now benefit from regular and effective supervision sessions. Additional training has been sought to broaden staff's knowledge, and a new curriculum has been put into place to enhance children's experiences. Ultimately, this positively impacts on all children's ongoing development and motivation to learn, including for children with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND).

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The provision is good

Staff have appropriate expectations of children's behaviour. They understand the importance of teaching children clear behavioural expectations. They are positive role models and, as a result, children's behaviour is good. Staff provide appropriate explanations if they ask children not to do something and explain the potential consequences. Children listen and respond well. This supports children's growing understanding, as they learn right from wrong and begin to recognise how to keep themselves safe.

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need to do better?

n Leaders have strengthened arrangements in place to ensure staff receive regular and effective supervision sessions. They recognise the impact these have on supporting staff's ongoing development and personal effectiveness in their roles. Arrangements now include time for leaders to observe staff in practice and feed their strengths and areas for continued development into their supervisions. In addition, staff have access to ongoing training to further support and broaden their growing knowledge. This supports staff to understand their responsibilities and succeed in their roles. n Staff recognise the importance of planning activities and play experiences that incorporate children's interests as well as their individual stages of development. Since the last inspection, leaders and staff have worked together to implement a new curriculum. Although this is in place, leaders recognise it is yet to be fully

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need to do better?

embedded. Despite the stage of implementation and need to embed this more precisely with the newer staff team, children demonstrate they are engaged and make good progress across all areas of learning.

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need to do better?

18 March 2025 n Children's communication and language skills are well promoted. The youngest children, alongside those who need additional support with their language development, have opportunities to hear repeated and clearly spoken words. This is alongside exaggerated facial expressions and gestures. Older children, and those who are confident in their spoken speech, have opportunities to develop their conversational skills. Children hear new words in context, such as 'daffodil' and 'delicate', as they broaden their growing vocabulary. In addition, staff consistently use a range of visual aids that positively reinforce communication for children with SEND. This supports all children as they learn to become confident communicators. n Children's physical development is well considered. Staff provide regular opportunities for children to develop their core muscles through activities. Children balance, climb and manoeuvre their whole bodies confidently. Staff

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need to do better?

recognise children need more focused support to develop their small-muscle skills. As such, they weave this into a range of activities, such as play dough. Children squeeze, squash and poke the dough as they explore this with staff. This develops children's dexterity in preparation for early writing skills. n Parents report that their children are happy and well cared for. They comment that staff are very friendly and approachable. Parents say their children love to attend and have formed good relationships with staff. However, leaders have not fully considered how they share what children need to learn next and how parents can support their children's learning at home. This does not fully support consistency in learning between the pre-school and home. n Staff support children to develop their independence. For instance, they support children to cut their own fruit and pour their own drinks during snack time.

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need to do better?

When they have finished, children proudly help wash up their own plates and cups. Staff recognise when children find things challenging and provide support and encouragement, so children keep trying. This supports children to build their resilience as they learn new skills.

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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 continue to build on the curriculum to ensure it is fully embedded and precisely meets the needs of all children n strengthen arrangements to consistently share children's next steps with parents, including ideas of how they can continue children's learning at home.

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Setting details

Unique reference number EY561988 Local authority Portsmouth Inspection number 10355518 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 35 Number of children on roll 24 Name of registered person Carr, Rebecca

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reference number

Telephone number 07730 770018 Date of previous inspection 22 May 2024

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Information about this early years setting

Tiny Turtles Preschool Paulsgrove registered in 2018 and is part of a privately owned group of settings. The pre-school operates in Paulsgrove, Portsmouth. It opens Monday to Friday from 9am to 3pm, during school term times only. There are seven staff, all of whom hold recognised early years qualifications at level 3 or above. The pre-school provides funded early education for two-, three- and four- year-old children.

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Inspection activities

n The manager and inspector completed a learning walk together of all areas of the pre-school and discussed the early years curriculum. n The inspector observed the quality of education being provided and assessed the impact that this was having on children's learning. n The manager and the inspector carried out joint observations of children taking part in a planned activity. n The inspector talked to staff at appropriate times during the inspection and took account of their views. n The special educational needs coordinator spoke to the inspector about how they support children with SEND. n The inspector observed the interactions between the staff and children. n Children communicated with the inspector. n Parents shared their views of the provision with the inspector.

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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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