Huntington Under 5’s Preschool

Highlights from Latest Inspection

Summary of key findings for parents

The provision is good • The manager has an excellent understanding of the current quality of the setting. She has ambitious and thorough plans for the ongoing development of the pre-school.

Staff seek the opinions of parents and children to develop the service that they offer even further. • Staff develop close, caring relationships with children. Children who are new to the setting settle very quickly as staff know what they like to do and nurture them well, while they become familiar with their new surroundings.

• Staff use what they know about children's interests and activities outside of the preschool to engage them effectively. Children happily play along with staf...f or seek them out to join in with their games. • All children make good progress from their starting points.

Staff work hard to provide children with the skills they need to move on to the next stage of their learning. It is not yet outstanding because: • The manager's training programmes do not focus sharply enough on staff's individual training needs to ensure that teaching is consistently highly effective. • Staff do not consistently make the best use of opportunities to promote and extend children's understanding of mathematical concepts, particularly shape, space and measure.