Little Oaks Pre School

Highlights from Latest Inspection

Summary of key findings for parents

The provision is good • Staff provide an exceptionally rich and varied environment indoors and outdoors, which enables children to explore freely and make discoveries about the world around them. Children show a positive attitude to learning, are eager to join in activities and engage well.

They are inquisitive and motivated to learn. • Staff build exceptionally close partnerships with parents, helping them to be fully involved in all aspects of their children's learning and pre-school life. They provide parents with detailed information about children's next steps in learning, planned activities and ideas for activities to do at home to support children's progress further.
<...br/>• Key persons monitor children's progress well and are quick to identity gaps in their development. They work closely with parents and other professionals, such as speech and language therapists, to implement focused plans and specific teaching methods, contributing to all children making good progress. • Staff focus strongly on developing children's social skills.

They are excellent role models and consistent in their approach to giving instructions, providing gentle reminders and offering an abundance of praise. Children's behaviour is exceptional. They kindly share toys and play cooperatively with each other without being prompted by staff.

• Children rapidly develop their independence. They confidently choose what they would like to do, move freely between indoors and outdoors, and select resources to add to their play. They are highly independent in their self-care.

For example, washing their hands and serving themselves at mealtimes, and dressing for outdoor play. • Management and staff are passionate about making a difference for children. They evaluate the quality of care and education they provide effectively.

Changes implemented benefit children. For example, more robust systems to analyse children's progress have led to an increased focus on promoting their understanding of the world. It is not yet outstanding because: • Performance management arrangements do not focus precisely on how all staff can fully develop and raise aspects of their teaching to the highest level.

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