Puffins Preschool

Highlights from Latest Inspection

Summary of key findings for parents

This provision is good Children arrive happily and warmly greet their friends and staff. Staff are warm and welcoming, and establish strong bonds with children. They are kind, caring and attend to children's individual needs well.

Links with parents are strong. Staff establish effective relationships and ensure they regularly share information about children's progress and development. They provide parents with advice and activities to support children's continued learning at home.

Staff support children who have special educational needs and/or disabilities well. Plans for children's future learning needs are clear and effective. Staff understand the importance of early... intervention.

All children, including those who are learning English as an additional language, make good progress in relation to their individual starting points. Children gain skills to prepare them for school or their next stages in learning. The manager and committee work well together and are ambitious about providing good-quality early years experiences for all children.

They are reflective and include staff's, parents' and children's views in the self-evaluation process. It is not yet outstanding because: Sometimes, staff do not challenge children to think and ask too many questions that require a simple answer. While the manager assesses the achievements of individual children, she does not accurately identify the progress made by specific groups of children.