Bolton Children’s Opportunity Group Playgroup

Highlights from Latest Inspection

Summary of key findings for parents

This provision is good • The management and staff team show a real passion to help children to achieve the best they can. Their proactive and dedicated approach helps to improve outcomes for all children. This includes the most vulnerable of children and those with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND).

• The enthusiastic management team set high expectations for the quality of practice. This vision is shared by the staff team. Staff provide a very inclusive, high-quality environment that is rich in exciting learning opportunities for all children.

• Staff provide parents with comprehensive support and ideas to continue children's learning at home. For exa...mple, parents use the activity cards to help to promote children's early mathematics and communication skills. • Staff are very responsive to children's emotional needs and create safe spaces for them.

This aids children's confidence and contributes towards them feeling happy, settled and ready to learn. • The manager has not developed a highly effective programme of staff supervision and monitoring, particularly for the newest staff, in order to raise the quality of teaching consistently to the highest level. • The manager does not regularly seek the views of parents in order to help to identify further areas for development.