St. John’s Preschool

Highlights from Latest Inspection

Summary of key findings for parents

This provision is good Staff provide children with interesting learning experiences that motivate them to explore and develop new skills. They are particularly effective in helping children to build on their mathematical skills.

The manager regularly reflects on the provision. She offers staff good support and training, to continually improve practice and children's experiences. Partnerships with parents are good.

Staff regularly keep parents informed about their children's achievements and provide information to help parents support children's learning at home. For example, they offer suggestions about preparing children for the move to school. Staff support children ef...fectively to develop good communication and language skills.

For instance, they explore new ideas and give children time to think and respond to challenging questions. Children have strong and secure attachments to staff. Staff get to know their individual personalities well.

Children are very confident and have good levels of well-being. It is not yet outstanding because: Staff miss some opportunities to extend children's understanding of differences and similarities between themselves and others. When the key person is absent, other staff are not consistently well informed about individual children's next steps in learning, in order to best support children's progress.