Caterpillar Pre School

Highlights from Latest Inspection

Summary of key findings for parents

This provision is good Leaders are knowledgeable and experienced.

They accurately evaluate the quality of their provision and identify areas for development, such as improving the morning snack routine. Staff are highly responsive to children's individual needs. They work closely with parents and the agencies involved in children's care, to aid their learning and development.

Enthusiastic staff work hard each day to transform the community facilities into a vibrant and stimulating learning environment. Children arrive eager to explore the wide range of exciting activities and enjoy the freedom to choose to learn indoors or outside. Staff provide good support to develop c...hildren's early mathematical skills.

They encourage children to count and recognise numbers as they play and provide interesting resources to help them create and solve their own number problems. Staff skilfully support children's language and communication skills. They use skills from training to target support and help children's language skills flourish.

Older children speak confidently to visitors and staff and use well-constructed sentences. It is not yet outstanding because: Professional development opportunities do not yet fully support staff to develop their skills and knowledge to raise the quality of teaching to the highest level. At times, staff do not recognise when children would benefit from support to practise their early writing skills.