Ridgeway Playgroup Limited

Highlights from Latest Inspection

Summary of key findings for parents

This provision is good • The new team of staff work well together. They are highly motivated and dedicated to improving the childcare they provide.

The play leader evaluates in detail the quality of the setting and develops action plans. This helps provide good outcomes for all children. • Staff complete detailed observations and assessments.

They use the information well to plan a range of activities based around children's interests and individual needs, such as developing an ice cream shop to encourage children to develop their imagination and talk about their experiences on holiday. Children make good progress in their learning relative to their starting points. • Ch...ildren are happy and comfortable in the warm, welcoming surroundings.

Staff are friendly and greet children warmly as they enter the building. They build positive relationships with the children. This helps to support children's emotional well-being effectively.

• There are good links with parents, carers and other professionals. Parents are encouraged to become fully involved in their child's learning and help to support their child's progress even further at home. Parents report they are very pleased with how their child has settled at the setting and the good progress they make.

They talk highly about the staff and the care they provide. • Although the play leader and staff track individual children's progress well, the play leader does not monitor the progress of different groups of children effectively, to help identify and close any gaps in learning quickly. • Staff do not always make it clear to the children how much time they have left before activities change, to enable them to complete what they are doing to their satisfaction.