Great Ellingham Pre-School

Highlights from Latest Inspection

Summary of key findings for parents

This provision is good • The well-qualified and experienced pre-school team is passionate about providing children with high-quality care and education. They work in partnership with the committee and seek the views of parents.

Staff use observations of children's engagement in activities to determine which areas to focus on next to achieve their plans for continuous improvement. • Staff work very hard each day to set up a welcoming, exceptionally rich and stimulating environment which enables children to explore freely and select resources that interest them. They carefully observe children's learning to create accurate assessments and plan targeted activities to support childre...n's good progress.

Children are busy throughout the day, highly motivated and eager to learn. • Staff build exceptionally close partnerships with parents, helping them to be fully involved in all aspects of their children's learning and pre-school experiences. They provide parents with resources, such as story sacks or mathematical games, and detailed information on how they can further support their children's progress at home.

Parents give extremely positive feedback about the pre-school, commenting on the professionalism and care shown by staff and that their children are, 'Very happy'. • Children enjoy strong emotional attachments with their key person and familiar staff. They enter the pre-school with confidence and are warmly welcomed by staff who show genuine interest in what children have to say and fully respect their contributions.

Children's emotional and physical well-being are supported extremely well. • Occasionally, staff do not give enough consideration to how children of different ages can be fully involved when taking part in group activities together. • Sometimes, staff do not use questioning as skilfully as possible to extend conversations with children and increase opportunities to support their learning.