Little Pioneers Nursery & Pre-School, John Radcliffe

Highlights from Latest Inspection

Summary of key findings for parents

This provision is outstanding The manager inspires her team very successfully to improve achievement consistently for every child through exceptional assessment and planning procedures. Outcomes for all children, including those from vulnerable groups, are outstanding and they make significant progress from their starting points in learning. Teaching is of the highest quality across the nursery.

Staff use every opportunity to build on children's previous learning and help them make the best progress possible. There is a very strong focus on preparing older children for school, with excellent opportunities for them to develop secure skills in literacy and mathematics. Staff create... a vibrant, exciting and stimulating learning environment, both indoors and outdoors, that provides easily accessible resources and activities that engage children's curiosity.

Staff use extremely effective and focused strategies to help children achieve high levels of self-control, cooperation and respect for others. Leaders, managers and staff develop highly effective partnerships with parents to embrace the very diverse multicultural setting and to deliver exceptionally well-focused interventions where children need additional support. Leaders, managers and staff have a very secure understanding of how to keep children safe and how to respond to any concerns about their welfare.