St Nicholas Pre-School

Highlights from Latest Inspection

Summary of key findings for parents

This provision is good • The owner/manager is very much part of the team and involves herself in all aspects of the service the pre-school provides. Staff use their individual skills effectively and work well together to provide good-quality care and teaching. • The owner/manager and staff provide a well-equipped learning environment, indoors and outdoors.

Play spaces have been thoughtfully arranged and children make full use of the exciting opportunities that have been organised. • Attachments between staff and the children are well established and relationships are secure. Younger children thoroughly enjoy it when the staff follow their lead and join in their self-chosen activi...ties.

Older children talk to staff about the paintings and collages they make. • Staff work closely with parents and other professionals to meet the needs of individual children who attend. They share strategies to develop children's communication and language skills.

Parents say their children are very happy and that they are very confident in the care of the owner/manager and the staff. • Staff do not always make the best use of opportunities to encourage children to solve problems and think further. • The owner/manager does not make the best possible use of self-evaluation systems to identify areas for future improvements to their practice that particularly benefit children's future learning and development.