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Pumpkins Preschool

Ofsted: Good
(May 2023)
·Wraysbury Baptist Church, 12a High Street, STAINES-UPON-THAMES, TW19 5DB · Windsor and Maidenhead
Number of places
22 places
Age range
2–4 yrs
Last inspected
May 2023
Local authority
Windsor and Maidenhead

About this day nursery

Pumpkins Preschool, established in 2013, operates from the community hall within Wraysbury Baptist Church in STAINES-UPON-THAMES. The preschool provides a welcoming and engaging environment for children aged two to four years old, with a total of 38 children on roll.

The dedicated team of six staff members, four of whom hold relevant childcare qualifications, ensure that children are happy, settled, and actively involved in their self-chosen play, both indoors and outdoors. The preschool maintains a strong focus on fostering independence, critical thinking, and a love for learning through a rich variety of age-appropriate activities and innovative teaching methods.

Staff are passionate about their roles, building warm and secure bonds with the children, and collaboratively working with parents to support each child's development. The setting also prioritises safeguarding, with robust procedures and ongoing training to ensure children's safety and well-being.

What it's like

Children are happy and settled in this welcoming pre-school. Staff provide many resources and age-appropriate activities for the children, indoors and outdoors. Children demonstrate positive attitudes to their learning and are fully engaged in their self-chosen play. Staff are good role models and instil good manners, helping children to behave well and to be kind and caring towards each other.

Welcoming environmentEngaged childrenDedicated staffStrong independence focusCritical thinkingEffective safeguarding

Pricing & funding

Funding accepted

15 hours — eligible 2-year-olds15 hours — universal (3–4 yrs)

Key facts

Opening hours

Monday to Friday, from 9am to 3pm

Term time / All Year

Term_time_only

Established

2013

Ofsted Inspection

Ofsted rating for Pumpkins Preschool

Last inspected 25 May 2023

Overall effectiveness
Good

What it's like to attend

Children are happy and settled in this welcoming pre-school. Staff provide many resources and age-appropriate activities for the children, indoors and outdoors. Children demonstrate positive attitudes to their learning and are fully engaged in their self-chosen play. Staff are good role models and instil good manners, helping children to behave well and to be kind and caring towards each other.

Inspector highlights

  • Children are happy and settled in this welcoming pre-school. Staff provide many resources and age-appropriate activities for the children, indoors and outdoors.
  • Staff are good role models and instil good manners. For example, they remind children to say 'please' and 'thank you', share resources and wait their turn. This helps children to behave well and to be kind and caring towards each other.
  • Staff have a clear vision of what they want children to learn and have implemented innovative teaching methods that cover a broad range of learning goals.
  • Overall, staff support children's independence skills well.
  • Staff are passionate about their role in caring for children and have warm and secure bonds with them. Children snuggle up to staff during story time and develop a love of books from an early age.
  • Staff plan an abundance of activities for the children that they know they will enjoy. They skilfully weave mathematical learning into this.
  • Overall, staff promote children's critical thinking effectively.
  • The arrangements for safeguarding are effective.

Areas to develop

  • 1Improve support for less-experienced staff so that teaching is consistently good, particularly in promoting children's developing independence skills.
  • 2Improve ways staff question children to ensure children have enough time to think and respond, so they can focus on the conversation taking place.
Inspection #10285469 · Source: OfstedView full Ofsted report

Inclusion & environment

How they support every child

Outdoor space

Children enjoy participating in daily dancing sessions. They show utter enjoyment as they move their bodies to the music. Outdoors, children have fun as they play with their friends on the slide and in the construction area. This supports their physical and overall well-being successfully.

Inspection history

Date: October 2013

  • May 2023Good
  • October 2017Good
  • October 2013Good

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