Hopwood Park Playgroup

Inspection of Hopwood Park Playgroup Hopwood Bowling Club, Hopwood Green, Coronation Avenue, HEYWOOD, Lancashire OL10 2NB

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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 are happy and settled in this playgroup. Staff encourage children to vocalise their thoughts and use their interests from home to plan for their learning further. For example, children learn about St George's Day after children bring knight costumes in to show the group. This helps children to remain engaged and feel valued. Staff help children to develop good communication skills. They repeat words clearly back to children during their play. Staff encourage children to think about words they may not have heard before, such as 'fierce'. This broadens children's vocabularies. Staff are good at recognising when children have gaps in their learning and work quickly to help them to catch up. Furthermore, they involve external agencies if children require further support. As a result, children make good progress and are prepared for their move on to school.

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The provision is good

Staff embed mathematical concepts during children's play well. They encourage children to think about how many sunflowers will grow from different amounts of seeds. Additionally, children work out how to fill diggers up in the sand using funnels, sieves and spades. Children enjoy being creative and staff encourage them to use their imagination skills. Children 'splodge' paint on their flower designs and draw animals with chalk outside. They tell the inspector they have made 'rainbow chicks' and show her their attempts at writing their name. Children develop their early writing skills and are proud of their achievements. Staff offer children high levels of praise, which increases their self-esteem and confidence.

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need to do better?

n Staff encourage children to recall the playgroup's rules, such as using 'kind hands' and 'walking feet'. In the main, children understand the routines of the day and are happy to respond to instructions. However, staff do not consistently remind children what is expected of them during their play if they become disruptive. For example, as children leave group time to collect their coats, they run around, throw toys on the floor and bang into each other. On occasion, this leads to the environment becoming chaotic and children do not show positive attitudes to staff's requests. n Staff help children learn about a range of cultural celebrations and traditions to help them become aware of different religions and ethnicities. However, staff do not teach children about the broader range of differences people have within the world around them in order for them to accept and appreciate others. This slightly hinders their opportunity to develop positive attitudes about what makes

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need to do better?

everyone unique. n Partnerships with parents and carers are established. Parents know what their children have been learning at playgroup. Staff give parents suggestions to carry on their children's learning at home in their daily communication books.

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need to do better?

23 April 2025 Additionally, children take the playgroup's teddy home to help continue their development and encourage parents to engage even more. In the main, parents receive crucial information regarding their children's education and care. However, staff do not ensure that all parents understand all information and are aware of certain aspects, such as who their child's key person is. n Leaders have a good awareness of the areas they wish to develop in the playgroup and work to maintain good levels of care and education for children. They encourage staff to complete training they have an interest in and that is focused on the emerging needs of children. For example, staff learn about how to support speech and language to help those children who have gaps in their communication skills. This helps children to continue to make good progress. n Children learn how to keep themselves safe and healthy. For instance, they tell

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staff they do not run on certain sections of the playground when it is wet. Additionally, children know they need to wash their hands before eating and confidently brush their teeth after having their snack. Children have many opportunities to run, balance and ride bicycles. Furthermore, children sometimes use the local park to play team sports. This helps their physical development. n Staff use good teaching skills with children. They know the areas of learning they wish to extend during children's play that best meet their individual abilities. For example, during a planting activity, staff teach older children about how sunlight and water help flowers grow. Younger children are encouraged to focus on the sensory aspect of feeling soil and using new words. Staff adapt their teaching well. As a result, children remain engaged in their play and are busy throughout their time in the playgroup.

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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 provide children with clear and consistent messages about the expectations for their behaviour, to help them to respond to requests and routines more positively n support children to gain a broader awareness of diversity to help them to appreciate the wide range of different people in modern Britain n ensure that parents consistently receive all information regarding their children's education and care, particularly who their child's key person is.

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Setting details

Unique reference number EY398336 Local authority Rochdale Inspection number 10375960 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 24 Number of children on roll 19 Name of registered person Hopwood Park Playgroup Partnership

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reference number

Telephone number 07760 147 322 Date of previous inspection 10 May 2019

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Information about this early years setting

Hopwood Park Playgroup registered in 2009 and is located in Heywood, Lancashire. The playgroup employs five members of childcare staff, all of whom hold appropriate early years qualifications at level 2 or 3. The playgroup opens from Monday to Friday, during term time. Sessions are from 9am until midday. The playgroup provides government funded childcare.

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Inspection activities

n The inspector spoke with staff and the children at convenient times. n The manager and the inspector jointly observed a planned outdoor activity. n The inspector joined the manager on a learning walk to discuss the objectives for the curriculum. n Parents and grandparents provided verbal feedback regarding the quality of care and education, which the inspector took account of. n The inspector observed the quality of education and assessed the impact on children's learning. n The inspector looked at relevant documentation and reviewed evidence of the suitability of staff working in the playgroup.

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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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