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The Learning Tree Pre-School
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Who to contact

Contact name
Kerry Millington
Contact position
Manager
Telephone
01209 211171
Mobile: 07807 092953
E-mail
kerry-thelearningtree@outlook.com

Where to go

Name
The Learning Tree
Address
15
Chariot Road
Illogan Highway
Redruth
Cornwall
Postcode
TR15 3LG
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Other details

Costs

Table of costs
Table of costs
AmountCost Type
£5.00 - 8am-9am Breakfast Club
£19.00-£22.50 - 9am-12pm Per 3 hour session
£19.00 - £22.50 - 12pm-3pm Per 3 hour session
£5.00 - 3pm - 4pm Afterschool Club
£6.00 - 4pm - 5pm Afterschool Club
£3.50 - 5pm - 5.30pm Afterschool Club
Details
invoices are issued monthly, this must be paid 1st to 5th of every month. Late fee is £5 per week.
Do you offer a free or reduced rate to carers?
No

Inclusion within our setting

Dietary needs

Has provision
Yes
Experience with
Vegetarian
Lactose free
Organic
Gluten free
Vegan
Egg intolerance
Diabetic
Nut allergy
Dairy free
No food provided
Details
We work with parents to support children's individual needs regarding their dietary requirements. We provide hot lunches and work with families to meet the dietary needs of all children. We offer a healthy snack and will purchase specific foods if your child requires them for snack/lunch.

Cultural provisions

Experience with
Yes would have an understanding
Details
we celebrate a variety of cultures throughout the year to give our children the opportunity for cultural awareness.
Languages spoken

English

Makaton

Pet provisions

Are there any pets at the setting?
No

Childcare information

Vacancies

Immediate vacancies
Yes
Details
Vacancies available for all ages (0-5).
Date updated
03/12/2021

Funded places

3 & 4 year old funding
Yes
2 year old funding
Yes

Opening times & facilities

Opening times
Opening times
DayOpening timeClosing time
Monday 08:00 17:30:00
Tuesday 08:00 17:30:00
Wednesday 08:00 17:30:00
Thursday 08:00 17:30:00
Friday 08:00 17:30:00

School pickups

Offers pickups
Yes
Schools
Treloweth Community Primary School
Trewirgie Infant School

Ofsted information

Ofsted URN
2597622
Link to latest ofsted inspection report 
Inspection history
Inspection History
Inspection DateInspection typeInspection Outcome
20/07/2022Inspection (Early Years Register)Outstanding

Inclusion details

Saint Piran's Flag
SENCo name
Kerry Millington & Sophie Smith

Early Years Local Offer response

Learning and development

Systems and strategies we have in place to identify children that may require additional support

All staff are required to observe and monitor the progress of every child’s learning and development, keeping a close record of their developmental journey. Each child has a designated key person who is responsible for accurately tracking their development to identify where the child is currently developing in regards to the Early years Foundation Stage (EYFS) and comparing it to where the child is expected to be developing at their age. The child’s key person is responsible for bringing any concerns in regards to the child’s learning and development to the attention of the settings named SENCO.


Upon enrolment, every child has a baseline assessment carried out by their key person to indicate where the child is in terms of their development and whether additional support is required if the child is at a delay. Furthermore, every child has a ‘Two Year old Check’ completed when they turn two, which is a thorough assessment of the child’s holistic development that is evaluated to highlight whether the child is at risk of a delay. Both the baseline assessments and two year old checks are valuable in identifying any specific learning needs early, to allow us to put appropriate support in place immediately to address the child’s needs/difficulties at the root to prevent them from perpetuating.


Additional to these one off assessments, we carry out termly summative assessments on every child to monitor the children’s learning and development and track their progress. The summative assessments give a detailed account of each child’s holistic development and similarly to the baseline assessments and ‘Two Year old Checks’ they highlight whether the child is a high achiever, developing as expected, at a delay or at risk of delay to allow us to implement the appropriate support and provision for each individual. Moreover, every child has continuous short observations completed on a weekly basis, which again ensure consistent monitoring and tracking of their development and progress.


If the child’s development becomes a concern we would consult the child’s parents to share our findings and identify whether the concerns are mutual. Appropriate intervention would then be put in place as early as possible to address the child’s needs within the setting, before referring to outside agencies for a more detailed assessment if it is necessary. Parents are always closely involved in the process and their voices valued, ensuring the child is at the best interest of the matter.

How we identify and support children's learning and development needs

The intervention process that we have implemented at the preschool varies depending upon the needs of the child and the stage of assessment. The intervention process is staggered from a low level of support such as specifically planned activities once a week to a high level such as 1:1 support, an IEP and specifically planned daily activities. For example, if any of the statutory assessments (baselines, ‘Two Year old Checks’ or summatives) identify that a child is at risk of delay then the child would be placed in the ‘Support Me’ grouping, which means that the child has specifically planned activities based on their needs/difficulty provided for them on a regular basis to close the gap between where they are currently developing and where they are expected to be developing.


Further to this, if the child’s needs appear more severe or if they have made little or no progress since having their identified needs specifically addressed and planned for then an Individual Education Plan (IEP) may be introduced. An IEP is a target or set of targets that addresses the child’s individual needs and monitors their progress towards meeting it. Finally, if the child’s development is still a concern after a significant amount of support has been implemented then the child may be referred to an outside agency (given parental consent) for further support and specialist advice.


As set out in the SEN Code of Practice (Department for Education, 2015), our preschool has embedded the assess, plan, do, review cycle to ensure that our teaching and assessments are consistently to a high standard and consequently we are always meeting the needs of our children. Our IEP sheets have been adjusted to follow this graduated approach along with our early intervention planning sheets. By incorporating this cycle into our practice it ensures that we consistently review the child’s needs and consequently our practice and strategies that we have implemented. This ensures that our provision is always up to date, appropriate and personal for every individual.

Links we have to other agencies

These are the following outside agencies that we currently have involvement with:



  • Speech and Language Therapist

  • Senior Locality Area SENCO

  • Educational Psychologist

  • Early Years Autism Support Worker

  • Portage Worker

  • Social Services

  • Health visitor

  • Occupational Therapist

How we support children transferring to school

We have book bags for all children going to school to continue their learning at home and ensure they are ready to start school. We make our role play into a school with school uniform from feeder schools. We also have a small classroom that the school leavers use for more structured sit down activities. We carry out meet and greet with the school teachers so we can get to know each other personally and look at learning journeys and summative assessment data.

Welfare

Specialist skills or training our staff have

All our staff are highly trained, we have a support system from the higher level staff which enables information to filter down to less experienced staff. We carry out training and keep up to date with current issues and changing procedures. We have a SENCO who is solely working with small groups of child at risk of delay and one to one support. We have a vast amount of experience in working with a range of different needs, particulalry children with social and communication needs. All staff are paediatric first aid trained and safeguarding trained.

Support we offer regarding children's health and well-being

All our children and families are unique to us and given the best support we can to help them learn and develop in a happy environment. We offer a varied, healthy menu for our hot lucnhes which must be booked in advanced. Additionally, we provide a healthy, nutricious snack in the morning and afternoon for every child.

Ways we inform parents about how their child is being supported

We have regular meet and greets, parents evening, open days so parents can come and meet the staff and have a look at our setting. We fill out a learning journey for every child which parents can look at when required. We email and text parents with important information. We also greet our parents and children with verbal feedback every day with home books for those children that are newly settled. We attend Team Around the Child (TAC) meetings to support any child with specific needs or Special Educational Needs or a Disability.

Our complaints policy

We are happy for parents to address any issues they may have with a room supervisor, or the manager. If there is cause for further action then early years can be contacted. OFSTED can be contacted at any time on 0300 123 1231.

Access

Alterations we have made to make our building accessible

Our recently renovated building has a ramp to the main door and our doorways are wheelchair accessible.

Facilities we have for personal care

We have 3 children's toilets along with 3 child sized wash basins. We also have a hand dryer for the children to use. We have a seperate nappy changing area and a new 'potty station' to encourage independence ad toilet training.

Specialist resources we have

We have a sensory area including a variety of SEN and sensory resources, including a colour changing bubble lava lamp.

Last updated: 04/10/2023

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