Tewin Under Fives Pre-School

Highlights from Latest Inspection

Summary of key findings for parents

This provision is good • Staff provide children with a wide range of appropriate resources to support their learning. For instance, they use fresh vegetables in the role-play shop. Staff talk to the children about how much the vegetables weigh as they use the scales.

They support children's developing language by using appropriate words, such as heavy and light. • Staff at the pre-school support children who have special educational needs and/or disabilities exceptionally well. They quickly identify those children who need additional support and work closely with parents and other professionals to support them fully.

Staff work together to discuss different strategies to... support the children's learning effectively. • The quality of teaching throughout the pre-school is very strong. Staff all use questioning effectively to encourage children to think about what they are learning.

They extend children's learning well and follow their interests to provide children with interesting and exciting activities. • Children feel valued and complete tasks to help around the pre-school. They develop a strong sense of responsibility with support from the staff.

For instance, they help staff to hand out cloths for children to clean their hands when they come indoors from playing outside. • All children are very well prepared to move on to school. They make good progress in their learning.

They are independent and remain focused as they play. • On rare occasions, staff do not accurately identify children's initial starting points when they start at the pre-school. • Staff do not always fully support children effectively to take turns as they speak to each other and listen to what their friends have to say.