Crabbs Cross & Hunt End Pre-School

Highlights from Latest Inspection

Summary of key findings for parents

This provision is good • The pre-school is very well organised. Managers and staff successfully implement a range of records, documents and policies. This help them to promote children's learning, safety and welfare at a good level.

• Staff are warm, caring and approachable. They get to know children well from the outset. They help children become familiar with the environment and settle in.

Children are happy, content and comfortable attending. • The environment is bright and well resourced. Overall, the curriculum is varied.

Staff provide children with a range of experiences. Children are motivated to play, explore and learn. • Managers have a good overview of... children's progress.

This helps ensure all children continually progress well, including those in receipt of funded education. • The pre-school special educational needs coordinators are knowledgeable. All children requiring additional help benefit from the targeted support they need.

This means gaps in children's attainment are narrowing. • Partnerships with parents, professionals and other providers are good. Staff use a variety of methods to ensure two-way information sharing about children's care and learning.

This helps foster good continuity. • Managers do not fully consider ways to raise teaching and the activities provided to an outstanding level. Therefore, on occasion, the quality can be slightly variable.

This does not help foster children's progress at a consistently high level. • Managers do not make the best use of self-evaluation. Staff are not fully included in setting clear targets for future development to help elevate the overall standards to outstanding.