Bircotes Pre-School

Highlights from Latest Inspection

Summary of key findings for parents

This provision is good • Staff make good use of their observations and accurate assessments of children's development to help make future learning experiences meaningful and challenging.

They provide activities that are accurately matched to children's individual needs and promote their good progress. • The pre-school is extremely welcoming and inclusive. Staff work sensitively with children with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND).

They plan precisely for their learning and develop strong partnerships with outside agencies. This ensures that all children make good progress in relation to their starting points in learning. • Staff build close working rel...ationships with parents to support children in a consistent manner.

They share information with them regularly, such as by sharing children's learning records. • Children's behaviour is very good. Children value and respect each other and are polite to staff.

Older children are very patient with younger children and there is a very positive atmosphere that benefits all children who attend. • Leaders are reflective. They continually seek and implement new ideas to help them to improve and maintain good-quality provision for children.

They provide effective training and innovative support for staff to enhance their knowledge. • Adult-led activities are not consistently highly focused or targeted in order to provide individual children with the highest levels of challenge to help them achieve as much as they can. • Occasionally, some staff do not give children time to think about how to respond to questions and share their ideas when extending their learning further.