Horn’s Mill Pre-School CIO

Highlights from Latest Inspection

Summary of key findings for parents

This provision is outstanding All those involved in this pre-school, the trustees, managers and staff share ambitious plans for high-quality care and education. Highly effective evaluation, monitoring and partnerships are integral to the outstanding practice.

Teaching is inspirational. Staff are well qualified and experienced. They share their areas of expertise and knowledge of children very well with each other.

They implement highly creative, challenging and fun activities. Plans for children's learning are shared well with parents. This supports children to excel in play, learning and to develop.

Children are highly motivated. Exemplary partnerships with ext...ernal agencies enable children who have special educational needs and/or disabilities to maximise their learning opportunities. Staff gain support and training to use specialist equipment and knowledge.

They use this proficiently to engage each child in play and exploration. Children's welfare is paramount in the pre-school. Staff follow and involve children in consistent routines throughout the day.

A highly skilled staff team and a very effective key-person system efficiently support children's moves to, from and within the pre-school. Children enter confidently, pleased to see their friends and staff. Children are highly motivated and behave well.

Staff celebrate children's achievements with them. Children thrive on praise and encouragement. They give each other 'marshmallow' claps when prompted by staff and independently.

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