Hersden Under 5’s Project

Highlights from Latest Inspection

Summary of key findings for parents

This provision is good There are good partnerships between parents and their child's key person. Effective systems are in place to communicate with parents and to enable the continuation of children's learning in the home. There are excellent relationships between the staff and children, and between the children themselves.

Children have extremely strong emotional attachments to their key person and this supports their emotional well-being. Children's behaviour is exemplary. When children start at the pre-school, staff work closely with parents to establish children's next steps in learning.

Staff observe children at play and use this information, together with the comme...nts children make, to plan further suitable activities. This helps to support the good progress children make. Staff provide good support to ensure children are emotionally prepared for the move on to another setting or school, when the time comes.

Children have good opportunities to find out about what school is like, such as regular opportunities to visit the school and meet with their new teachers. It is not yet outstanding because: Staff do not consistently use effective questioning techniques to help support children's independent thinking skills further. Staff do not use all opportunities available to develop children's understanding of mathematical ideas and language.

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