2020-08-31-accounts

Redbridge Pre School

Cuckmere Lane, Millbrook, Southampton SO16 9RJ

Charity Number 1022943

Trustee’s Annual Report for the Period 1st September 2019 – 31st August 2020

Names of the Charity’s Trustee for the above period:

• Ann-Marie Wiseman – Chairperson

• Sophie Woods – Secretary

• Louise Bettany - Treasurer

• Kim Hudson-Collier – member

• Laura Poingdestre – member

• Donna Price – member

• Claire Symonds - member

Name of chief executive or names of senior staff members

Joanna Watson-Gray - Manager

Structure, governance and management

• Governing body – Pre School Learning Alliance Constitution 2011

• Charity is constituted by a Committee of Trustees

• Trustees are appointed or reappointed annually at the Annual General Meeting (AGM)

Additional Information:

• Additional members can join in the year. Induction of new members is immediate. When elected at the AGM all new members have an introduction at the next committee meeting where they are given a copy of the constitution, confidentiality forms, DBS & GDPR information and Pre School policies and committee roles are further explained.

• The minimum number of members is 5 and Maximum 12 with a further 3 co-opted members.

• We follow and adapt all our policies from the Pre School Learning Alliance (PLA). Policies are reviewed annually by all staff and trustees.

• All staff and trustees are DBS Checked and on the DBS update service. Checks are performed every 6 months via the update service and recorded. Yearly Safeguarding form is signed by all staff.

• All trustees give their time voluntary and receive no numeration or other benefit.

Objectives and activities

Redbridge Pre School offer Early Years places to children ages 2years to primary school age. We accept children who receive 2-year and 3-year funding, 30-hour funding as well as non-funded children.

Summary of main activities:

• We allowed more 2-year olds into preschool this year to get more children into education quicker.

• All staff had 2-year-old training

• Tapestry Analysis for groups of children, eg summer born, EYPP, 2 year funded, boys & girls. Children were found to make steady progress from their baseline assessments. Strategies involved working closely alongside parents to help boost children’s learning and development.

• A local Owl company visited, which helped us extend the children’s learning experiences

• Longdown Dairy Farm brought along various animals, which helped us extend the children’s learning experiences for a Christmas theme which the children and parents really enjoyed.

• We held a Christmas dinner party complete with crackers and turkey to enrich the children’s experiences.

• The children learnt and took part in the Wriggley Nativity which they performed to their parents. This helped to develop the children’s confidence and speech sounds.

• Continued the HEYA award to help boost children’s understanding of healthy practices.

• Purchased new equipment

• Unfortunately, due to COVID most planned activities for the Spring and Summer terms were cancelled. The preschool stayed open for the most vulnerable children.

Summary of the main achievements of the charity during the year:

• Continued Staff Training & CPD’s

• Continued to open for extended hours, offering Breakfast club, Afterschool Club & Holiday Club

Financial Review

• Reserves are kept in a separate account to the normal daily Current account. This has enough money in to cover in the case of redundancies. Money is regularly transferred to keep the amount needed correct and not to be used for other purposes. We have a Reserves Policy in place.

• Most income is received from Nursery Education Funding from the local authority. At times we have additional funding to support children with SEN needs.

• We received additional money from the Local Authority for children entitled to Early Years Pupil Premium (EYPP). This money is spent on equipment, activities, training etc to enhance their learning.

• Yearly Budgets set and checked regularly.

• No financial concerns to report.

• We used the furlough scheme during April – July which meant we did not loose on the loss of parental fees whilst closed for covid-19.

• Pay rises were suspended until September 2020.

Declaration

The trustees declare that they have approved the trustees’ report above.

Signed on behalf of the charity’s trustees

Signature _____ Full Name ____ Position _____ Date ____

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