St John’s RC Playgroup

Highlights from Latest Inspection

Summary of key findings for parents

The provision is good • The manager and staff are committed to providing the best quality learning environment and experiences they can for all children.

The manager has an accurate view of the quality of the playgroup and values the views of parents and staff to help identify areas for further development. • Children acquire good language skills. Staff skilfully interact with children, including those who are bilingual.

They match their conversation to individual children's understanding and help them to develop new vocabulary. Staff use questions well and leave plenty of time for children to respond. This helps to develop children's thinking skills.

• Staff de...velop good partnerships with schools and other professionals. They share information about children's interests and achievements, and welcome teachers to visit children who are about to move into school. This effectively helps to promote children's continuity of learning.

Children make good progress. • Overall, staff develop effective partnerships with parents, who are very are complimentary about staff and the quality of care and education that they offer to their children. Parents feel their children are, 'Happy, safe and are loved' at the playgroup.

• Staff are kind and empathetic. They support young children's behaviour positively and successfully help them to understand what is expected of them. Children's behaviour is good.

Staff support their emotional well-being effectively. It is not yet outstanding because: • The manager does not consistently analyse information about groups of children's achievements and evaluation of staff's practice to raise the quality of teaching even further. • Staff do not gather consistent information from parents about their children's prior development, to support them in identifying children's achievements that help tailor their learning accurately from the outset.

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