Scallywags

Highlights from Latest Inspection

Summary of key findings for parents

This provision is good • Improvements made since the last inspection ensure that all committee members are now checked for their suitability by Ofsted. Self-evaluation is accurate and effective.

Managers and staff demonstrate a strong drive for continuous improvement. • Staff are well supported in the development of their skills and knowledge. The manager promotes staff development effectively, which helps ensure consistently good-quality care and teaching for children.

• Staff support children's mathematical skills very well. They make the most of a variety of opportunities to support children to recognise numerals, count and calculate numbers as they play. • Staff obse...rve children as they play and accurately assess their achievements, which helps to identify the next steps for learning.

Children make good progress from their starting points. • Strong partnerships are in place with parents. The newly introduced online assessments and frequent discussions with parents ensure that they receive daily updates about their children's activities and progress.

Parents are encouraged to share information about what their children already know and can do before they start, to help children settle more quickly. • Occasionally, staff do not encourage children to manage small tasks for themselves to further build their independence. • At times, the noise level indoors interrupts some of the children's concentration and involvement in their play.