St Peter and St Paul’s Church of England Pre-School

Highlights from Latest Inspection

Summary of key findings for parents

The provision is good • The managers and leaders have significantly enhanced their practice since the last inspection. Their key focus on supporting children's learning across the prime areas helps to secure the foundations for future learning. Children are happy and feel at home in their appealing surroundings.

They gain the skills they require for school. • Staff welcome children with a friendly smile. Effective distraction methods, such as providing special comfort items or finding a favourite toy, help children who are new to the pre-school to feel settled and assured on arrival.

Newly implemented key-group times provide opportunities for children to form a special b...ond with their key person. • Staff help children to connect with their wider world. Exciting news, such as the delivery of a postcard from a pre-school in Australia, is readily shared.

This aids children's understanding of what connects them to and distinguishes them from others. • Staff are warm and caring. They encourage all children to be friendly towards one another and to adopt 'kind hands and listening ears'.

Novel ideas, such as the caring tree, recognise and celebrate the many kind gestures that children initiate during play. • Staff provide meaningful learning experiences that incorporate children's interests and strongly support what they need to learn next. All children make good progress.

It is not yet outstanding because: