Hopscotch Pre-school

Highlights from Latest Inspection

Summary of key findings for parents

This provision is good • The manager and practitioner team are passionate about their roles. They place a strong focus on improving the quality of the provision and outcomes for children.

They have regular meetings to review and reflect on all aspects of practice to further develop the provision to benefit children. • The team are well qualified, experienced and very good role models to children. Together, they use their good knowledge of how young children learn and develop to promote good outcomes.

Children are happy and benefit from the broad range of stimulating and challenging play and learning experiences. • Practitioners recognise the uniqueness of each child in t...heir care and hold high expectations of all children. They know the children well and understand each child's characteristics, their starting points and ongoing developmental needs.

Children are happy and successfully develop a strong sense of security and trusting relationships with practitioners, which supports their emotional well-being. • Partnerships with parents, local schools and other professionals work well. These thorough, effective partnerships make a strong contribution to meeting children's specific needs.

Individual programmes of support are implemented very effectively to make sure children receive support that is closely matched to their specific needs. • Children's health and physical development is promoted successfully. There is a strong focus on promoting positive attitudes to healthy eating, good hygiene and being active.

The team use the knowledge gained from following a national healthy eating programme to support children's understanding of a healthy lifestyle even further. • Occasionally, the organisation of group times and noise levels impact negatively on children's ability to listen and focus their attention fully. • Although practice is strong throughout the pre-school, there is not enough focus on professional development to raise the quality of teaching to an exemplary level.

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