Tadpoles Pre-School

Highlights from Latest Inspection

Summary of key findings for parents

This provision is good • Children build good relationships with each other. They are kind and keen to help when they see their friends struggling to complete a task or answer a question.

• Staff work well together and communicate frequently between themselves to help supervise children effectively. • All children make good progress. Staff gather information about what children know and can do when they start, which helps them to plan for children's next steps in learning.

• There is good support for children with special educational needs. Regular and timely discussions between parents, staff and professionals, such as speech therapists, help to plan relevant activities ...to close gaps in children's learning and development. • Children enjoy being able to choose whether to play outside or inside.

They confidently go with staff on a walk around the playing fields looking for bugs and collecting stones, sticks and leaves which they bring back to the pre-school. • Staff take time to build and maintain good relationships with parents. Regular opportunities for information sharing help to keep parents informed about what their children are learning and what they can do to support their children further at home.

• Children behave well. They know what staff expect of them and freely share and take turns with the resources. • Staff miss opportunities to fully develop some activities to further encourage children to extend their learning through play.