Southchurch Park Pre School

Highlights from Latest Inspection

Summary of key findings for parents

This provision is good The manager works closely with her local authority adviser to develop clear action plans for improvement to build on her good practice and improve outcomes for children. Children enjoy playing with a wide variety of good-quality toys and materials.

Activities are planned carefully around their individual needs and interests. Children explore freely and develop their imagination. Children are happy and show they are confident and self-assured.

They make positive progress overall and are well prepared for their eventual move on to school. Children behave well. Staff are good role models and help children to be kind and thoughtful.

Children t...ake turns to share and learn to respect each other's opinions. Staff make good use of the outdoor environment to provide meaningful learning experiences to cover all areas of learning. This helps to support children who prefer to learn outdoors.

It is not yet outstanding because: Staff do not always take the views of parents into account, to help them to identify priorities for improvement. At times, during some adult-led activities, staff do not offer children the highest level of challenge in their learning to help them make the best possible progress. Sometimes, staff do not give children enough time to reflect on their questions and put their own thoughts into words.