St Peters Preschool

Highlights from Latest Inspection

Summary of key findings for parents

This provision is good The quality of teaching is good overall, and staff demonstrate outstanding practice in promoting aspects of children's literacy development and language skills. Children make good progress from their starting points and enjoy their time at the pre-school.

Staff quickly identify any children who need additional support and those who have special educational needs (SEN) and/or disabilities. Staff are flexible and routines are adapted to help children engage during the session. These children are monitored closely to keep them safe and benefit from one-to-one attention where necessary.

Staff place a high priority on working with parents from the outse...t. Each parent benefits from a home visit to help build a strong bond with their assigned key person and to help staff understand each child's personal circumstances. Staff place a strong focus on promoting children's personal, social and emotional development.

They support children well to talk about their feelings and how to behave appropriately. It is not yet outstanding because: Staff do not use the information gained from children's assessments to help plan precisely highly challenging activities, in particular, in some aspects of children's early mathematical development. The manager does not use incisive monitoring systems to help her evaluate and raise the quality of teaching and learning experiences to a consistently exceptional level.

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