The Little People Preschool And Playgroup Ltd

Inspection of The Little People Preschool And Playgroup Ltd Urmston Methodist Church, George Street, Urmston, Manchester M41 9BA

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Overall effectiveness Outstanding

The quality of education Outstanding Behaviour and attitudes Outstanding Personal development Outstanding Leadership and management Outstanding Overall effectiveness at previous inspection Not applicable

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The provision is outstanding

Staff are highly skilled in promoting children's emotional and physical well-being. They adopt a nurturing and responsive approach. Children benefit from excellent relationships with staff, regular outdoor play, gardening activities and obstacle courses, all of which support both mental and physical health. Children are very happy, calm and emotionally secure. They flourish in this nurturing and inspiring pre-school. Staff are excellent and caring role models. Children are polite and their behaviour is exemplary.

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The provision is outstanding

Leaders and staff demonstrate exceptional commitment to offer a high-quality curriculum which is responsive to all children's individual stages of development. Interactions are high quality, exciting and engaging and spark children's love for learning. For example, children play in a mud kitchen making 'bug salads' and 'worm pies'. They follow instructions from recipe cards and think critically about what ingredients they will use. Staff gather expert knowledge about children's previous experiences. They use this knowledge exceptionally well to plan a broad range of opportunities that ensure children are continuously learning new knowledge and skills. Staff take all children to the library and support them in gaining memberships and they organise visits from companies who bring reptiles for children to hold and learn about. Children demonstrate high levels of engagement and enthusiasm.

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n Leaders provide highly effective and inspirational support to all staff. They engage staff in rigorous supervision sessions and sharply focused professional development. Staff benefit from peer observations, bespoke coaching and quizzes. Staff are confident, knowledgeable and consistently deliver high-quality teaching. n The curriculum is thoughtfully designed and expertly sequenced. The ambitious educational programme facilitates teaching which is targeted, purposeful and builds on children's prior knowledge and experiences. Children make rapid progress in their learning and development from their starting points. n Leaders and staff ensure that all children access an inclusive curriculum. Children with special educational needs and/or disabilities receive expertly tailored support and benefit from learning that is precisely matched to their needs. This inclusive approach helps all children thrive.

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n Staff build highly effective relationships with parents. Parents receive comprehensive information about children's learning and development and care needs. They borrow resources from the 'Borrowers Burrow' to extend children's learning at home. The highly effective partnerships support a fully consistent approach between home and pre-school.

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6 June 2025 n Leaders and staff work collaboratively and effectively with external professionals. They work closely with several specialists to implement tailored support plans. This proactive and coordinated approach helps every child receive the support they need. n Staff are highly effective at developing confident and independent children. Children are encouraged to test out their own ideas and are consistently praised for their efforts. For example, children use a range of materials to make model snails. Staff encourage children to work out how they will hold the materials together to make the different features. This builds on children's experiences of caring for an African snail in the pre-school and reading stories about snails. Children show high levels of self-esteem, a genuine enthusiasm for learning and are keen to explore and investigate. n Staff in the pre-school prioritise children's communication and language

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development throughout the curriculum. Staff provide a wealth of rich communication experiences to extend children's listening, understanding and speech. They introduce ambitious vocabulary, such as 'metamorphosis' to deepen children's understanding. Children are confident communicators who have excellent levels of understanding and express their needs and ideas with clarity. n Staff are highly skilled at supporting children's personal, social and emotional development. They teach children about emotions through a dedicated emotions area, carefully chosen books and family photo albums. This helps children develop excellent skills in understanding, naming and talking about their feelings. They build secure relationships and manage their behaviour with increasing independence. n Staff provide a rich and varied physical development programme that supports both gross and fine motor skills. Children engage in daily outdoor play, obstacle

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courses, toothbrushing routines and dance activities. Children have bags of mark-making materials that they carry round to engage in early writing activities in many different ways. These experiences promote healthy lifestyles and physical confidence. n Staff create a respectful and inclusive environment where children feel valued and ready to learn. They use consistent, well-embedded strategies to help children understand the expectations of how to behave. Children demonstrate exemplary behaviour, show kindness to others and develop highly positive attitudes towards learning and each other.

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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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Setting details

Unique reference number 2727372 Local authority Trafford Inspection number 10392472 Type of provision Childcare on non-domestic premises Registers Early Years Register Day care type Full day care

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inspection

Total number of places 40 Number of children on roll 56

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Name of registered person

The Little People Preschool And Playgroup Ltd

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reference number

Telephone number 07729428243 Date of previous inspection Not applicable

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Information about this early years setting

The Little People Preschool And Playgroup registered in 2023 and is located in Urmston, Manchester. The pre-school employs nine members of childcare staff. Of these, six hold appropriate early years qualifications at level 3 or above and one holds an early years qualification at level 2. The pre-school opens from 8am until 5pm, Monday to Friday. The pre-school provides government-funded childcare.

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Inspection activities

n The manager joined the inspector on a learning walk and talked to the inspector about their curriculum and what they want the children to learn. n Children spoke with the inspector during the inspection. n The inspector talked to staff at appropriate times during the inspection and took account of their views. n Staff spoke to the inspector about how they support children with SEND. n The inspector observed the quality of education being provided, indoors and outdoors, and assessed the impact that this was having on children's learning. n The inspector carried out a joint observation of a communication and language activity with the manager. n Parents shared their views of the pre-school with the inspector. n The inspector looked at relevant documentation and reviewed evidence of the suitability of staff working in the pre-school.

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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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