## **Parkside Pre-School** ## 82 Peel Close London E4 6XQ **Registered charity number: 1031235** ## **Annual Report 1 August 2021 - 31 July 2022** ## **The Pre-School’s aims and activities** : - Parkside Pre-School is based at Parkside Primary School, in purposebuilt self-contained rooms. It has access to an outdoor play area which enables the children to have free flow play throughout the year. We are also close to a park which is ideal for short visits. - The Pre-School is open every weekday morning from 9.00am to 12.00pm during term times. It is also open for up to 4 afternoons a week until 3.15pm, depending on demand for places. A lunch club is available. It is registered to take up to thirty-five children per session between the ages of two and four, with most children moving on to nursery in the September after their third birthday. It operates a waiting list system with children being admitted according to their date of birth. - Parkside Pre-School provides a safe, secure, yet stimulating environment, free from prejudice or discrimination in which all children can discover and explore the world around them and learn from these experiences. At the Pre-School children learn to share and co-operate with other children and adults; work with materials and equipment which may differ from what is available at home. They benefit from the experience of a planned curriculum directed towards the early learning goals. - Activities are planned to meet each child’s individual needs. A settling meeting is held shortly after children start followed by a developmental meeting. Observations on children’s progress are made on a regular basis to monitor what is required for each child. We use the Tapestry e-learning journal to record these observations and to help parents/carers keep closely involved. - The Pre-School operates a key person system where the children are divided into groups named after animals and allocated a member of staff as their key person. - The Pre-school offers 15-hours of funded childcare for all children aged three and over, it is also able to offer funded places to two-year-olds who fulfil the criteria set by the London Borough of Waltham Forest relating to income and additional needs, and 30-hours for eligible threeyear-olds. We work closely with the Nursery at Parkside Primary 1 School in providing 30-hour places for children entitled to this funding. We also have fee paying children. - Overall management of the Pre-school is the responsibility of the trustees, who are elected and co-opted in accordance with the terms of the constitution, which was last revised on 27 June 2012, from amongst parents/carers of children at the setting. - Day to day activity is carried out by paid staff and volunteers. We have eleven qualified part-time staff as well as other volunteers and students gaining work experience. A rota ensures there are at least five or six fully qualified (minimum of level 3) childcare workers each session to care for the children in accordance with the appropriate ratios. Two of the staff are administrators employed for a total of twenty-six hours per week. ## **Costs:** - In the financial year to 31 July 2022 our total expenditure was £156,015. Of this £131,604 went on wages, £15,000 on renting the rooms and the rest on play equipment, training, stationery, insurance, internet/phones, groceries, and membership costs etc. ## **Income:** - The Pre-school’s income in 2021/22 was £170,298 with £7,132 raised through fees, £82,323 from FEEE (for 3 and 4-year-olds) and £51,417 from two-year-old funding, the remainder coming from Early Years Pupil Premium, SEND funding and fundraising such as raffles, photo sales, a sponsored bounce and selling handprints. ## **Reserves:** - It is the policy of the pre-school to maintain a reserve account containing six month’s running expenses which is reviewed annually; it holds approximately £112,000 at present. The money held in the account is to ensure continuity of the Pre-school in times of financial difficulty and enables the management committee to meet its financial obligations in relation to staff salaries/redundancy payments, rent and any other debts. ## **Benefits:** - For most children who come to our Pre-school this is their first time away from their parents/carers. By the time they leave to move on to nursery the evidence is clear – from the children’s behaviour, from written reports that are provided for each child and from the feedback provided by parents and their new settings – that the children have 2 benefited from their time at the Pre-school and can take the next step with confidence. - In planning the Pre-school’s management and activities each year the trustees keep in mind the Charity Commission’s guidance on public benefit. ## **Achievements:** - In our most recent OFSTED inspection (February 2020) our rating was ‘good’. - Thanks to the efforts made by the staff to ensure that the setting has remained a safe place during Covid-19, and the co-operation of all our families, the Pre-school has been able to remain open throughout the year and we have gradually returned to all our usual activities, including end of term parties. Our numbers are back to normal, and we are currently at maximum capactity. - We have been able to continue to provide additional support to children with Special Educational Needs and Disabilities and have also been mindful of the impact of the lockdown on young children and put measures in place to remedy this. - We have been concentrating on mental health and wellbeing both of staff and the children and their families. Our Pre-school Manager has been on extensive training. - We have continued to employ Casual Pool staff to give us better cover, providing one-to-one support for children with additional needs, more flexibility, and to allow permanent staff non-contact time to progress other duties. This also helped when we had staff absences due to increased sickness and the need to self-isolate. - We continued to celebrate special days such as Chinese New Year, St Patrick’s Day, Diwali, Valentine’s Day, Shrove Tuesday, Mother’s Day and become involved in World Book Day, Christmas Jumper Day, Beep Beep Day, and Comic Relief. - Our Lunch Club continues to be extremely successful. We run it as a social occasion, where we develop the children’s independence and healthy eating. We also have yoga sessions and encourage an interest in recycling. - Five members of staff attended the Early Years PDP Building on Success Training Programme. They found this both enjoyable and motivational, and we are now focusing on three projects arising from this. 3 - The children have enjoyed visits to the Pre-school from Groundswell Arts, as we have participated in their Sing our Story programme, and animals from Zoolab. We have also hatched duck eggs and watched butterflies develop. - All staff received training in Oral Health reflecting the emphasis put on this by the new EYFS. It has successfully been introduced into the curriculum and a number of new resources purchased. ## **Future plans:** - We have welcomed visitors back into the setting and parents/carers have been able to make visits and attend meetings, especially as we have made good use of the garden. We are now looking forward to getting back to all our normal activities including parent/carer workshops and our end of term event this December, with a visit from Father Christmas. - We are committed to maintaining the high standards shown in our OFSTED inspection and are working towards achieving this again when next inspected. - Staff are committed to training to refresh and develop their skills. Courses have been identified for next year which include Safeguarding, First Aid, Special Educational Needs, Autism, Being 2, FGM, Magic Behaviour Management, Phonics and Music in the Early Years. - The Pre-School continues to keep up with new developments in childcare through its membership of the Early Years Alliance. We liaise with the Nursery and the Primary School, where we are based, to strengthen links and attend regular meetings with other local Preschools. - We will continue to review the operation of the Pre-school including timetable, room layout, staff training to best suit the needs of our children and maintain the safety of our children and staff. - Plans are in place for a refurbishment of our rooms, which will provide an opportunity to re-think our layout and storage, as well as brightening up the environment. - During 2022/23 we have again booked the Sing our Story programme with Groundswell Arts, who work with a number of families on creating personalised songs. They also provide training for staff. 4 The trustees declare that they have approved the trustees’ report above. Signed on behalf of the charity’s trustees: Amanda Hooker Trustee of Parkside Pre-School Date: 29 November 2022 5 Parkside Pre School Rggister8d Ch8ritynumlw 7051235 Accounts to 31st July 2022 2022 2021 In¢om• 7,132 $1.417 82,323 135 19.826 1.692 1.203 267 2.008 1531 5,944 57.327 93,595 3,093 23.628 461 1,468 14 2.202 1fj6 2 yearotd fundi 3 and 4 yoar old Ivft¢lng Grant Special Needs Fundlng EYPP Inter8St Othèr Fund Rai&ng Inell Uniforn sales Ir*tl LBWF Tr8ining Yotal Income 170,298 187.898 Expendltura 8ullding Wo Wages, Er5,5 Nl 8nd p8nsK)n conlributicn5 Slaff training ayroii CO$1¥ ¥nd LIL¥b checKS R8nt Insuonce Play Equipfflenl EYPP orri¢o equirrnent8nd stationary Telephon8 and int8rn81 Covirj r&lat¢d rlganing and PPE Grocarles Mls¢éllaneDU5 V15its Total Expenditure 37 131.604 320 122.117 978 t144 15,000 1,378 1.640 239 1,543 582 170 271 15.000 1.367 2.603 1,677 1,230 405 1.728 156.015 148,157 IOtrfi¢At)ISuWu5 for Year 14,283 39.741 Surplu5 brought foThvard 242.972 203,231 SurptU5 cairied foM8rd 257, £242.972 R•pr•sgnted by Bonk Cg5h 255,873 2,403 258,276 742 1,0 17991 2.000 £257,255 245.263 2.069 247.332 D8blLYslaccrued income Stock of uniforn* gt cost Cr8dKo H￿￿&Y pay dua 15,0001 £242.972 Approved 8nd sb3n8d by Ch8 Tr88sur8r Plnt namè Date d6L /h)4& Print name Oale CHARITY COMMISSION FOR ENGLAND AND WALES Independent examinerfs report on the accounts Section A Independent Examinevs Report Report to the trusteesl members of PrtRfi(Pf On accounts for the year ended Charrty no (if any) ID31235 Set out on pages I report to the trustees on my examination of the accounts of the above charity (llhe Tru￿} for the year ended Responsibilities and basis of report As the chartty's trustees. you are responsible for the preparation of the accounts in accordance with the requirements of the Chartties Act 2011 (Yhe Act.). I report in respect of my examination of the Trusvs accounts carried out under section 145 of the 2011 Act and in carrying OLrt my examination, I have followed all the applicable Directions given by the Charrty Commission under section 145{5){b} of the Act Independent trhe charitys gross income exceeded £250,000 and l am qualffied to examinerfs statement undertake the examination by being a qualified member of linsert name of applicabte listed bodyll. Delete [ l rfnot applicable. I have completed my examination. I confiTh that no material matters have come to my attention in connection with the examination {other than that disclosed below"} which gives me CaL￿e to believe that in, any material respect the accounting records were not kept in accordan￿ with section 130 of the Chartties Act" or the accounts did not accord V￿th the accounting records," or the accounts did not compty with the applicable requirements concerning the fom and content of accounts set out in the Charities (Accounts and Reports) Regulations 2008 other than any requirement that the accounts give a Irue and fairf view which is not a matter considered as part of an indeperKlent examinab'on. I have no COn￿mS and have come across no other matters in connection with the exam on to which attention should be drawn in this report in order to eDabl proper understanding of the accounts to be reached. . Please déle the w0￿S the b￿ckets rfthey do not apply. Signed: Date: Z*_11-2L Name: Mk Relevant professional qualification(sl or body ACA fjRÈ5/a7 IER Oct 2018 (rf any): Address: Section B Disclosure Only complete rf the examiner needs to highlight material matters of concem (see CC32. Independent examinab.on of charity accounts: directions and guidan￿ for examiners). Give here brief details of any items that the examinerwishes to disclose. IER Oct 2018