Muddy Boots Pre School

Highlights from Latest Inspection

Summary of key findings for parents

This provision is good • Children demonstrate that they enjoy their time in this lively setting. Staff provide a wide range of interesting and engaging activities that encourage children's imaginations and their understanding of the world well. • Staff are highly effective in improving outcomes for children with special educational needs and/or a disabilities (SEND).

They act on the expert advice given by other professionals to provide specific programmes of support effectively. They work with parents to help children meet their identified targets very well. • Staff work closely with all parents to help children to prepare for school.

They help parents to support key ski...lls that promote children's independence in innovative ways. • All children make good progress in their learning. Most children make better than typical progress in health and self-care, and personal social and emotional development.

• The provider has not informed Ofsted of a longstanding committee member. This means Ofsted has not been able to conduct the relevant suitability checks. However, they have informed Ofsted of all newly joined committee members during the past couple of years.

Prompt action was taken during inspection to start to rectify this breach of requirements. • Some staff are not as highly skilled as others in consistently extending children's play and providing the highest levels of challenge for children. • Staff do not always gather fully detailed information from parents about children's existing abilities on entry, to help them form initial assessments as precisely and promptly as possible.

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