Church Of Ascension Pre-School Playgroup

Highlights from Latest Inspection

Summary of key findings for parents

The provision is good • Managers and staff give high priority to children's safety. They make regular checks of the premises to identify and remove any hazards. The manager has effective procedures in place to check the ongoing suitability of staff.

• The quality of teaching is good. Staff are well qualified and understand how children learn and develop. Children are keen learners who persevere.

All children make good progress from their individual starting points. • Staff provide good support to enable children to develop their early writing skills. They offer enjoyable activities to strengthen hand muscles, promote independent mark making and give focused support to he...lp children to link letters to the sounds that they represent.

• Managers support staff to undertake a variety of training courses. Staff use the skills gained to enhance children's enjoyment in the pre-school and improve their learning outcomes. • Managers closely monitor children's progress and swiftly instigate interventions to close any gaps in learning.

They offer effective one-to-one support and work closely with other professionals, such as speech and language therapists. It is not yet outstanding because: • Staff do not consistently gather as much information as possible from parents about what children already know and can do when they first start to enable them to plan even more precisely for children's progress from the earliest stage. • Occasionally, staff do not fully promote the youngest children's learning during group activities that have a mix of children of different ages and abilities.