Bright Beginnings

Highlights from Latest Inspection

Summary of key findings for parents

This provision is good Staff support children's emotional well-being extremely well. Children show great confidence within their learning environment, a strong motivation to learn and high levels of curiosity. This helps to prepare children for their next place of learning.

Children have strong bonds with long-term familiar staff, who provide a safe and secure environment for children's play. The very dedicated staff show strong commitment towards their development through regular supervision, training and effective support from management. Children's understanding of mathematics is good.

They use resources well to compare, sort and notice differences and similarities. F...or example, they match cheetahs and tigers as cats but notice differences between their spots and stripes. Staff provide a wide range of experiences that reflects all areas and stages of learning through a well-balanced provision of adult-led and child-initiated play.

Staff work closely with school and other professionals to successfully support children's transition to their next place of learning. It is not yet outstanding because: Staff do not always use existing observations of how children learn best to monitor any differences in teaching in the indoor and outdoor environment. The planning for children's next steps is not always as strongly effective during school holidays, when lower numbers of children attend, as it is during term time.

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