Hunsworth Community Playgroup

Highlights from Latest Inspection

Summary of key findings for parents

The provision is good • The committee, the manager and staff demonstrate a solid commitment to improvement. This is reflected in strong and effective self-evaluation that clearly contributes to the good progress that has been made since the last inspection.

• Children make good progress. There is regular analysis of data by the manager to ensure that all children are working well within development expectations. Data is informed by staff's good-quality observations and assessments of children's learning.

• Children are confident and motivated. Staff create a stimulating, accessible and welcoming indoor learning environment and enhance children's learning through their go...od-quality interactions. • Staff promote children's safety and physical well-being effectively.

• Children have secure emotional attachments to staff because of good settling-in arrangements which involve close partnership working with parents. Staff manage children's transition to school effectively. • Children develop a strong sense of belonging within the pre-school and their own local community where they engage in exciting projects.

For example, children help to turn an old telephone box into a library facility. It is not yet outstanding because: • Although staff regularly update parents about their children's progress, they do not consistently share precise enough information about children's individual key next steps for learning and how parents can support these at home. • Where children prefer to play outside, staff do not make the best use of the outdoor environment to offer a richer and more varied range of experiences to optimise their all-round learning.