Playdays

Highlights from Latest Inspection

Summary of key findings for parents

This provision is good • The manager and staff are dedicated to their roles and work well together as part of a friendly and motivated team. There is an ongoing commitment to raising standards and delivery of the highest-quality provision for children and their families.

• Staff's partnerships with parents are a key strength. Staff forge close links with parents and keep them well informed about children's development and well-being. Parents praise the staff team highly for the care and attention it gives their children.

• Staff are caring, kind, and form good relationships with children. Children are happy, settled and confident to explore the indoor and outdoor activit...ies and environment. Children demonstrate a real sense of belonging and behave very well.

• Staff value children's play. They plan a range of suitable and enjoyable activities that builds on what children already know and can do. • Staff support children with special educational needs and/or disabilities very well.

For example, they work closely with other professionals and implement specific activities that enable children to make good progress in relation to their starting points. • At times, staff do not make the best use of opportunities to encourage children to understand and make comparisons between quantities, weights and lengths to enhance their learning. • On occasions, staff do not provide enough challenges for older children to help enhance their engagement in activities and widen their experiences.