Sheriff Hutton Pre School Playgroup

Highlights from Latest Inspection

Summary of key findings for parents

This provision is good • The manager has created a culture of strong teamwork among staff. The well-established staff team is motivated and extremely nurturing towards children and their families.

• Staff plan a good variety of interesting and challenging activities for children. With support from the manager, they address any gaps in children's learning swiftly. This enables all children, including those with special educational needs and/or disabilities, to make good progress from their individual starting points.

• Parents are kept well informed about their children's care and learning. They are very happy with the service provided by the pre-school. Parents praise th...e close bonds their children have developed with the kind, caring and supportive staff.

• The pre-school works in partnership with additional settings that children attend. This helps to provide continuity in children's care and learning. • Children are supported well as they prepare to move on to school.

Staff arrange visits from teachers. Information about children's development is shared, which helps to promote a seamless transition. • Staff plan various activities to support children to learn about the world around them.

Children enjoy going on nature walks in the local community and learn about different cultures and celebrations. • Staff have not considered further ways to extend children's skills in using information and communication technology. • Staff do not consistently extend children's understanding of counting and numbers to the highest level, to further support their mathematical development.

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