Cirencester Opportunity Group

Highlights from Latest Inspection

Summary of key findings for parents

This provision is good • The new manager is focused on developing the quality of the provision and provides strong leadership to the staff team. She monitors practice closely and takes effective steps to bring about improvement.

• Partnerships with parents and other professionals, including other settings children attend, are strong. Staff share information and use advice given effectively, to meet the needs of each individual child. This has a positive impact on children's learning and development • Safeguarding is given high priority.

Staff are very aware of the importance of providing a safe and secure environment for children to play and learn. • Staff are sensitive ...and kind to children. They take time to settle children into the preschool and make sure they meet their individual care needs well from the start.

Staff support children's emotional and physical well-being effectively. • Opportunities for children to learn about cultures, languages and the world around them are good. Staff use parents' knowledge well.

For example, parents come into the pre-school to teach children how to prepare food from their own countries, and share the food with the children. • Staff occasionally miss opportunities to help children gain independence, for example, as they carry out tasks for them that they can do for themselves. • Staff miss opportunities to offer suitable challenge to older children to extend their learning and development even further.