Little Treasures

Highlights from Latest Inspection

Summary of key findings for parents

This provision is good • Children who speak English as an additional language are well supported. Pictures are used throughout the setting to support children to develop communication skills.

Staff take time to learn words in the home language, which encourages these children to settle quickly. • Children behave very well. Staff use positive praise to support children's emotional well-being and ensure they behave well.

Children are encouraged and supported to use manners and take turns. Staff provide exceptional role models in the way they communicate and greet each other in a courteous manner. • Parents report that staff are very supportive towards the whole family.
...>
They describe staff as 'fabulous' and 'amazing'. Parents talk about how they are provided with information about their child's progress through regular discussion with staff. Staff are considerate of individual families' needs and work in close partnership with them.

• Staff promote children's communication and language development. They encourage children to contribute when they read stories. Children join in with the actions, use props to respond to the story and show excitement as they anticipate what is coming next.

• The key-person system is highly effective in providing support for families and enabling children's individual needs to be met. Staff know all children exceptionally well and are in tune with each child as an individual. • Managers are relentless in their pursuit of excellence, building and reflecting upon current practice to drive improvements.

• Staff do not always recognise the opportunities that arise during children's play to build on their understanding and learning of numbers and counting. • Procedures for planning do not always ensure staff make the best use of information they have about children's interests.

information about their child's progress through regular discussion with staff.

Staff are

considerate of individual families' needs and work in close partnership with them. • Staff promote children's communication and language development. They encourage children to contribute when they read stories.

Children join in with the actions, use props to respond to the story and show excitement as they anticipate what is coming next. • The key-person system is highly effective in providing support for families and enabling children's individual needs to be met. Staff know all children exceptionally well and are in tune with each child as an individual.

• Managers are relentless in their pursuit of excellence, building and reflecting upon current practice to drive improvements. • Staff do not always recognise the opportunities that arise during children's play to build on their understanding and learning of numbers and counting. • Procedures for planning do not always ensure staff make the best use of information they have about children's interests.