Little Nipper’s Pre-School

Highlights from Latest Inspection

Summary of key findings for parents

The provision is good • The manager and staff team are reflective of their practice and consult with parents to make improvements, such as adapting the environment.

Self-evaluation is precise and focuses effectively on areas for development to continually improve outcomes for children. • Children benefit from strong support for their emotional development. Staff are caring and attentive and form affectionate bonds with children.

They provide very successful settling-in procedures and get to know children's individual needs well from the outset. • Overall, staff support children's learning and development well and children make good progress from their starting points. Fo...r example, staff skilfully encourage older children to count, order numbers accurately and compare quantities.

Younger children eagerly hunt for shapes around the room and develop good mathematical skills. • Partnerships with local schools are extremely strong. Staff maximise every opportunity to help children to become familiar with school life, such as enjoying lunch in the school hall.

Children move on in their education with confidence and self-assurance. It is not yet outstanding because: • Staff sometimes miss opportunities to encourage children to work things out for themselves and test out their ideas to develop their problem-solving skills. • Staff have not fully explored ways in which children can experiment with making marks as part of their play, to raise their early writing skills to an even higher level.

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