Cobnuts Steiner Kindergarten

Highlights from Latest Inspection

Summary of key findings for parents

This provision is good Staff establish positive relationships with parents and keep them fully involved in their children's learning. For example, they share children's achievements daily. Children develop good skills to help prepare them for their next stage of learning.

For instance, they are independent and confident to choose their own play. Staff get to know children's individual personalities exceptionally well. They establish outstanding relationships with them.

Children have extremely positive levels of well-being and self-worth. Children have an excellent sense of belonging. The manager and staff effectively review their practice together.

For instance,... they evaluate the activities daily and discuss how well children are motivated to learn. Children have good opportunities to gain an understanding of other people's similarities and differences, such as learning songs in different languages and trying foods from around the world, such as stuffed fig leaves, which are a traditional delicacy of Greece. Children have good opportunities to explore their imagination and bring their ideas alive.

For instance, they use materials to create 'houses' and go fishing at the 'lake'. It is not yet outstanding because: The manager and staff do not make the most of opportunities to build on their partnerships with other early years professionals even further. Staff miss some opportunities to help children gain more extensive mathematical skills as they play, to support their future learning further.