Milldene Playgroup

Highlights from Latest Inspection

Summary of key findings for parents

This provision is good • Children's emotional well-being is very well supported.

Staff form strong relationships with the children. They know them well and take account of their individual needs. This means children settle quickly into the playgroup and feel happy, confident and secure.

• Staff develop positive and effective working relationships with parents from the beginning. Staff provide friendly support to all parents. They share children's progress and achievements regularly and share ideas to help extend their learning at home.

Consequently, children's continuity of care is very well supported. • Teaching is good. Staff provide a broad range of interesti...ng and stimulating activities, and children are motivated and enthusiastic to join in.

All children, including those with special educational needs and/or disabilities, are making good progress from their starting points. • Staff support children's early language and communication skills well. They use a wide range of strategies to build on children's vocabulary and understanding.

Children have lots of opportunities to engage in conversation with staff and they are very keen to share their thoughts and ideas. • Self-evaluation is not sharply focused on targeting priorities for improvement that help to raise the quality of the playgroup to an outstanding level. • On occasions, staff do not have high expectations of what the most able children can achieve in order to promote learning to the highest levels.