Little Stars at The Beeches

Highlights from Latest Inspection

Summary of key findings for parents

The provision is good • Staff use ongoing observations and accurate assessments of children's learning and development.

All children make good progress from their starting points. This includes children with special educational needs and/or disabilities and those who speak English as an additional language. • Parents state that they are very happy with the range of information shared with them.

They say that their children enjoy the activities that staff suggest to help to continue their learning at home. • Staff effectively plan a range of high-quality resources within a stimulating learning environment that promotes children's creativity and imagination. • Staff provid...e each child with a warm welcome and effectively support their physical and emotional well-being.

Children arrive with excitement, confidence and self-motivation and they settle in well. It is not yet outstanding because: • The manager does not use highly focused and rigorous methods to monitor staff practice and the impact of training attended to improve the quality of teaching and learning to the highest level. • Staff do not use consistently effective methods to enthuse, engage and challenge children's learning.