Fareacres Pre-School & Day Nursery - South Woodford

Highlights from Latest Inspection

What is it like to attend this early years setting?

The provision is good

Staff are kind and attentive at this welcoming setting. They build nurturing relationships with children and promote their safety and emotional security well.

Staff recognise that children benefit from being independent with their personal care and the environment and routines are well organised to support this. For example, staff consistently show toddlers how to use 'nose blowing stations', until they become adept at doing this by themselves. Staff help children to understand the expectations for behaviour.

For instance, they remind them to be kind and to use good manners. Children demonstrate good social skills as t...hey share ideas and resources in the 'mud kitchen'. The manager and staff have high expectations for all children.

They create a well-sequenced curriculum based upon children's interests and developmental needs. Staff plan a range of engaging activities, which spark children's curiosity and motivate them to learn. This helps all children to make good progress.

For instance, children access a wide variety of resources and materials, which encourage them to experiment with making marks. This helps them to develop their early writing skills right from the start. Older children describe how they have practised drawing 'love hearts' and proudly demonstrate that they can now do this independently.

What does the early years setting do well and what does it need to do better?

Leadership in the setting is strong. The manager and owner are reflective of the provision and regularly evaluate the care and teaching that staff provide. Staff benefit from regular supervision to discuss key issues, including their own well-being and professional development.

They access frequent training opportunities, to continually build on their good teaching skills.Staff monitor children's progress closely and swiftly identify where they may need additional support with their learning. They provide targeted learning experiences, such as 'attention bucket' sessions, to help children develop their listening and concentration skills.

Staff liaise effectively with parents and outside professionals where needed, to help all children achieve as much as they can.Children and staff come from a diverse range of cultural backgrounds, which is recognised and valued within the setting. For instance, they celebrate a wide variety of festivals and religious events throughout the year.

This helps children to learn about their similarities and differences in enjoyable ways. Older children go on outings, such as to the local library. However, there is scope for staff to further enhance this area of the curriculum, to deepen children's knowledge and understanding of the world.

Staff provide a stimulating curriculum, to ignite children's love of learning. For instance, staff incorporate babies' fascination with animals and vehicles into the songs that they sing. They provide toys and props which capture the babies' interest and motivate them to join in.

Babies eagerly choose which songs they wish to sing, by pointing or trying to say words. Staff celebrate these early attempts at communication, which helps to further boost babies' self-esteem.Staff want all children to be confident and effective communicators.

They provide lots of fun ways for children to practise speaking and listening, such as through stories, songs and lively conversations. Pre-school age children demonstrate good language skills. For example, they recall and repeat words and phrases from their favourite stories as they re-enact them at story time.

The manager and staff promote healthy lifestyles for children very well. For instance, they recognise that cases of tooth decay are high within the local area. Therefore, they have introduced daily toothbrushing for children.

Older children show a keen enthusiasm for being healthy. They explain that eating well helps them to grow and demonstrate their strong muscles as they jump as high and far as they can.Partnership with parents is a real strength of the setting.

Parents describe the kindness and warmth of the staff and say that their children's individual needs are met. They comment that they are kept well informed about their child's progress and next steps in learning. This helps them to continue children's learning at home.

Safeguarding

The arrangements for safeguarding are effective.There is an open and positive culture around safeguarding that puts children's interests first.

What does the setting need to do to improve?

To further improve the quality of the early years provision, the provider should: nenhance the provision for extending children's understanding of the world further.