Old Windsor Pre-School

Highlights from Latest Inspection

Summary of key findings for parents

This provision is good • The manager monitors children's progress very effectively and identifies areas where practice can be strengthened to help children who are underachieving in specific skills.

For example, she is working with parents to support children to hone their listening skills. • Staff are particularly good at developing children's enthusiasm for exercise and keeping their bodies healthy. Children learn about different muscles as they carry out warm-up and cool-down exercises.

They thoroughly enjoy running a mile each day and become increasingly skilled at changing their clothes for games sessions. • Staff have a thorough understanding of each child's intere...sts and abilities as a result of their regular, precise assessments and good information-sharing with parents. They use this information to skilfully plan interesting and challenging experiences for children.

• Children are making good progress in their learning and are well prepared socially, emotionally and academically for school and other activities in their community. • On occasion, some most-able children distract others in group activities because they are not sufficiently challenged. • Staff do not take full advantage of the opportunities that arise to encourage children to think creatively about the world around them, why things happen and how things work.