Church Lane Preschool

Inspection of Church Lane Preschool Holy Trinity Church Hall, Church Lane, Nailsea, Bristol BS48 4NG

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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 are eager to come into the pre-school and confidently say goodbye to their parents. They quickly become engaged in play with the support of the caring staff, who welcome them warmly. Staff know children well, including the children who need more support to regulate their emotions. They teach children ways to calm themselves, such as taking deep breaths, and then talking to staff about how they are feeling.

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The provision is good

Children behave very well and become deeply engrossed in their play. They are eager to join in with activities offered by staff, and to explore the outside space with their friends. Children enthusiastically share their ideas and work together to achieve their goals. For example, children work together to fill kitchen pots with water, telling each other to stop pouring when there is enough, and negotiating who will pour next.

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The provision is good

Staff provide a wide range of learning opportunities, both indoors and outdoors, which supports children's development. Staff plan these high-quality opportunities around children's identified developmental needs and interests. This ensures that the learning is ambitious for all children, and children continue to build on their skills. For example, staff identify children's interest in building with construction toys and use this to develop children's physical skills and mathematical language.

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n Staff know the children well and plan opportunities that will engage children's interest and encourage their imagination. This motivates children to join in and learn from activities that they enjoy. For example, staff provide toy minibeasts frozen in ice and encourage children to explore how to melt the ice to free the beasts. Staff talk to children about the temperature of the water they are adding and the properties of different things they are playing with. This develops children's understanding of the effect of their actions as they cause the ice to melt. n Staff introduce children to a wide range of vocabulary through their play and through the use of stories and songs. However, at times, staff use a lot of closed questions, which do not give children the opportunity to practise the new vocabulary they are learning or encourage them to think creatively. n Children enthusiastically climb the lower branches of trees in the outside space,

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confidently negotiating the branches. Staff supervise children while teaching them to keep themselves safe when climbing. This helps children to learn about their own safety and develop their physical skills, such as balance and climbing. n Staff encourage children to be independent in doing things for themselves, for example going to the toilet and washing their hands independently as soon as

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25 June 2025 they are able to do so. This supports the development of children's self-care skills and independence, preparing them for moving on to school. n Children are familiar with the routine of the setting and confidently follow instructions from staff. Children anticipate parts of the routine such as tidying away for lunch and ask if they can help staff with jobs like cleaning the tables. This helps children to feel they belong and are part of the pre-school. n Staff have positive links with other settings that children attend and with local schools. They work with other professionals to support children's learning and development and to prepare children to move on to the next stage of their education. n Parents are very positive about the pre-school. They value the communication from staff about their child's day and the updates they receive on how their child is developing. This supports good links between the pre-school and parents.

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need to do better?

n Leaders keep their knowledge up to date with the latest developments, for example looking at upcoming changes to safeguarding practice and reflecting this in their practice. n Staff attend training to develop their skills and knowledge. For example, following training in using sign language with children, staff use signing during group times to help children's understanding and communication.

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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 use open-ended questions more consistently, to extend children's thinking and encourage them to use a wide range of vocabulary.

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Setting details

Unique reference number 2726477 Local authority North Somerset Inspection number 10398516 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 23 Name of registered person Camsell, Lesley

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reference number

Telephone number 07536975791 Date of previous inspection Not applicable

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Information about this early years setting

Church Lane Preschool registered in 2023. It operates from Holy Trinity Church Hall in Nailsea. The pre-school is open from Monday to Friday, during school term times only. Sessions are from 9am to 3.30pm on Monday, Tuesday and Friday and from 9am to 3pm on Wednesday. On Thursday, there is a pre-school plus session from 9am to midday. There are four staff. Of these, three have early years qualifications at level 3 and one at level 6. The pre-school provides funded early education for two-, three- and four-year-old children.

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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 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 special educational needs and/or disabilities. 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 and the manager carried out a joint observation of an activity. n The inspector spoke to several parents during the inspection and took account of their views.

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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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