Lower Willingdon Pre-School Nursery

Highlights from Latest Inspection

Summary of key findings for parents

The provision is good • There are excellent links with the attached primary school and staff work very closely with teachers to share information and ideas.

There is a highly consistent learning environment which helps to build children's confidence for their move to school. • The manager and staff build strong links with local speech and language therapists. They work closely together to share expertise and ideas and create a very inclusive learning environment.

All children make at least good progress from their starting points, regardless of their circumstances. • Partnerships with parents are strong. The manager and staff encourage regular communication and involve p...arents in all aspects of their children's learning.

They value parent contributions and regularly discuss children's interests and next steps. • Staff support children's personal well-being superbly well. Children rapidly gain highly valuable skills that help them to consistently and independently treat others with the utmost respect.

They behave exceptionally well, explore the exciting environment with supreme confidence and are extremely enthusiastic and motivated learners. It is not yet outstanding because: • The support for new staff is not fully embedded to help raise the quality of their practice to the highest level. • Occasionally, some staff do not ask questions in the most effective way to fully extend children's thinking skills.

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