KidsStop

Highlights from Latest Inspection

Summary of key findings for parents

The provision is good • Children play in an inspiring and highly stimulating environment.

They make links in their learning as they help themselves to a wide range of thoughtfully displayed toys. For example, children enjoy cutting up pipe cleaners as they make 'small worms'. They notice pictures of worms in a book and they pretend to make worm homes.

• The manager is very ambitious for the pre-school's success. She has introduced many initiatives that are starting to have a positive effect. For instance, in preparation for school, she has helped parents of children who are in their last term at pre-school to continue their children's learning at home.

• Staff w...ork well together as a team to support children's good behaviour. As a result, children are kind towards each other. Older children are heard to remind each other about the agreed expectations for behaviour, such as 'kind hands for sharing'.

• All children develop the key skills to support the next stage in their learning, including, where appropriate, for starting school. It is not yet outstanding because: • Assessments recorded on the new system are not always accurate to fully support leaders monitoring of children's progress. • Staff do not consistently gather detailed information from parents about what children know and can do when they start at pre-school to fully plan for children's individual learning needs from the outset.

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