Busy Bees Preschool Tarring

Highlights from Latest Inspection

Summary of key findings for parents

This provision is good The caring staff spend plenty of time playing with children in a positive way. They build strong bonds with the children, who are happy, settled and secure.

The positive and nurturing environment supports children's emotional well-being successfully. The manager and staff monitor the development of individual and groups of children closely and quickly identify any gaps in their learning. They effectively offer further support for children who need it, such as funded children.

All children make good progress from their starting points, regardless of their circumstances. Staff successfully encourage children's enjoyment of music. For example, childre...n very much enjoy playing musical instruments alongside staff and joining in with their favourite songs during group time.

Children develop strong communication and language skills through a good range of activities. Staff work well with parents to help engage them in their children's learning. Parents regularly access children's detailed development files and are given ideas to support further learning at home.

Parents greatly appreciate the individual support they receive. It is not yet outstanding because: The manager does not monitor staff performance precisely enough to help raise the good quality of practice further. Planning is not consistently used to focus sharply on all children's next steps in learning, to help them make the very best progress they can.