Stamford Bridge Pre-School

Highlights from Latest Inspection

Summary of key findings for parents

This provision is good • Staff know children well. Overall, they make effective use of what they know about individual children to plan for what they need to learn next. This helps to motivate them to play and explore and all children make good progress.

• Children behave well. Staff are positive role models for children and help them to follow the rules and boundaries in the pre-school. They praise the children for their achievements.

This helps to promote children's confidence and self-esteem. • Children gain good independence skills. Staff encourage children to take responsibility for everyday tasks, which children complete confidently and adeptly.

For exampl...e, they serve their own snack and tidy away after activities. This helps older children to practise skills that prepare them well for their eventual move to school. • The environment is welcoming, bright and well resourced.

Staff are friendly and caring. They are sensitive to children's differing developmental needs. Children enjoy attending.

They build positive relationships with staff and settle quickly. • On occasions, staff do not provide enough challenge to help older and more-able children to make the best progress. • The professional development programme does not focus robustly on raising the quality of teaching to an outstanding level.