Elvington Under Fives

Highlights from Latest Inspection

Summary of key findings for parents

The provision is good • The experienced staff work well together as a team and have a good understanding of how to support children's learning and development.

They join in with children as they play and demonstrate a commitment and passion for their work. All children make good progress. • Partnerships with parents are strong.

Parents provide very positive comments about the provision and value the ongoing feedback that they receive. They are delighted with how happy, settled and confident their children are and the high quality of care that they receive. • Staff form extremely warm attachments with all children.

They provide a wealth of praise and encouragemen...t and children show a strong sense of belonging at the welcoming pre-school. Children's behaviour is exemplary. • There are well-established links with the onsite school and other settings that children attend.

This helps to ensure that children's needs are met very well and provides continuity for their future learning. • Children learn about how to keep themselves healthy and safe. They enjoy trying different fruits and vegetables that they help to grow and find out how to cook a variety of foods.

They demonstrate excellent independence skills. It is not yet outstanding because: • Staff do not consistently give children enough time to think and answer questions. • The manager does not sharply focus the programme for professional development on helping staff to raise the quality of their teaching to a higher level.

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