Bramford Pre School Playgroup

Highlights from Latest Inspection

Summary of key findings for parents

This provision is good • The manager and management committee regularly seek feedback from parents, children and professionals, such as their local early years team.

They use this information to reflect on the quality of their provision and focus plans for further improvements. • Children become capable communicators. They express ideas, talk about their experiences and begin to make funny comments and tell jokes.

• The quality of teaching is good. Staff have frequent, positive interactions with children that help to stretch their thinking skills and build on their knowledge. • Children behave well.

Staff are positive role models. They speak calmly and respectfu...lly to children. Staff provide clear guidelines for children's conduct.

They encourage children to consider the feelings of others when they are reluctant to share equipment. • The manager successfully monitors the progress of individuals and groups of children. She uses this information to make good use of additional funding and plan targeted activities.

For example, additional funding is used to purchase specialist communication resources and help to close identified gaps in children's speech and language skills. • Staff encourage children. They remind them that skills take practise and suggest alternative ways of doing things.

For instance, staff demonstrate a different way to hold scissors. This promotes children's resilience and encourages a 'can-do' attitude. • Parents praise the warm manner of staff, healthy snack options and variety of outdoor play opportunities.

They comment positively on the way the setting helps to prepare older children for the move to school. • Staff do not fully support children's understanding of the importance of good hygiene practices, such as washing their hands before eating, and how these contribute to their good health. • Staff do not always make the most of opportunities to promote children's early literacy skills, for example their understanding of the different sounds of letters in their name.

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