Park Lane Pre - School

Highlights from Latest Inspection

Summary of key findings for parents

The provision is good • Overall, children make good progress and are prepared well for school.

Staff focus strongly on the foundations for future learning, such as children's communication skills. They effectively support children who have special educational needs, giving careful thought to the provision of resources and activities to fully ensure inclusion. • Staff help children to learn about difference, feel valued and develop a strong sense of belonging.

For example, they celebrate the diversity of the families who attend, reflecting this all around the pre-school. • Staff create a welcoming, stimulating, safe and accessible environment that fosters children's indep...endent learning and good behaviour. Children move freely between indoors and outdoors, which facilitates their preferred learning styles and interests.

• Children are eager to take part in activities and they play amicably. Staff display effective and positive interactions, enhancing children's learning and social skills. • Through training and consultation with other community partnership initiatives, staff work closely with parents to help children to develop and sustain a healthy lifestyle.

• The management team evaluates, monitors and improves practice with success overall, including teaching. This is reflected in targeted action plans and a training matrix; these are informed, for instance, by peer observations and regular supervision meetings. It is not yet outstanding because: • Staff engage parents in some effective ways.

However, ongoing communication between parents and their child's key person specifically, is less successful in fully promoting continuity in children's individual care and learning. • Staff undertake regular observations and assessments of children's progress, planning for their next steps in learning. However, their assessments are not meticulous enough in fully identifying and targeting certain gaps in children's learning.