Little Diamonds Preschool

Highlights from Latest Inspection

Summary of key findings for parents

This provision is good • Staff promote children's language development well.

They provide many opportunities for children to use their words, learn new vocabulary and become more confident when speaking. Staff skilfully question children and encourage them to develop their own thoughts and ideas. • Managers strive for good-quality provision and have a secure understanding of their roles.

They constantly monitor staff practice well and identify where there are gaps in children's learning. This has resulted in an improvement to how staff promote children's mathematical development. • Staff provide opportunities for children to be independent.

For example, they lea...rn to open the containers in their pack lunch, line up when moving from outdoors to indoors and make choices about where they want to play. As a result, children are developing the skills they need in readiness for school. • Partnerships with parents are strong.

Managers and staff keep them well informed about their child's progress on a regular basis. Parents attend workshops, such as 'oral health', which help them to promote their child's well-being. • At times, some staff do not recognise opportunities to challenge and extend children's next steps in learning to the highest possible level.