Playdays Pre-school

Highlights from Latest Inspection

Summary of key findings for parents

This provision is good Children enter the setting happily and form strong bonds with familiar staff who ensure they feel safe and secure. They enjoy a well-resourced and organised play environment, which stimulates their learning and helps them to make choices for themselves. Staff carefully consider children's interests, learning priorities and their special educational needs as they plan activities, providing a range of experiences across the educational programme.

They assess and monitor children's progress effectively. Children make good progress from their unique starting points. Leaders and managers have made good progress since their last inspection.

They use deta...iled evaluations to identify accurately areas for development, including ways to improve the quality and consistency of teaching. Staff support children well to develop their communication and language skills. For example, children participate enthusiastically in an interactive story.

They listen carefully, follow instructions and move in different ways, copying staff's actions accurately as they make connections between the word and the movement. It is not yet outstanding because: Staff do not make the best use of opportunities to develop children's mathematical ideas and challenge their thinking in activities that they choose for themselves. Staff do not consistently help children to look at similarities, differences, patterns and changes in living things, in particular their fascination with insects.

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