Blue Bell Hill Pre School

Highlights from Latest Inspection

Summary of key findings for parents

This provision is good • Staff establish positive relationships with children and get to know their individual personalities well.

This helps children to settle quickly and happily into their play. Children have a good sense of belonging and positive levels of well-being. • Staff keep parents fully involved in their children's learning.

For example, they regularly share activity ideas for parents to enjoy at home with their children, such as rhyming games. • The manager and staff evaluate practice together effectively. They hold discussions at the end of each day to reflect on how well the planned activities engaged children.

They use their findings to support t...heir future activity plans. This helps keep children interested in their learning and supports them to make good progress. • All staff are keen to build on their skills and knowledge.

They attend regular and beneficial training. For instance, they have learned about the different ways to interest children to explore and investigate by participating in simple science experiments. • All children have good opportunities to develop their early mathematical skills in order to support their future learning.

For example, they count as they play with confidence. • Children have good opportunities to develop their physical skills. For example, they build and negotiate obstacles and climb and balance on a variety of equipment.

This includes using stepping stones and balancing beams with confidence. • Staff do not consistently extend children's respect and understanding of other people's similarities and differences from around the world. • Staff do not organise resources effectively to ensure that a wider range of easily accessible play opportunities are available for children to choose their own play more independently.