The Cabin

Highlights from Latest Inspection

Summary of key findings for parents

This provision is good The newly appointed manager accurately evaluates the quality of the pre-school and fully involves staff, parents and children in this. She has ensured that actions from the last inspection have been addressed and has created a robust action plan to identify areas for further development and to support continual improvements. Children who have special educational needs (SEN) and/or disabilities are supported extremely well.

Staff work very effectively with a wide range of professionals and specialist provisions to support consistency and provide a shared approach to children's learning. Staff support children's mathematical learning very well. They encourage... children to count, consider how many more they need, make simple calculations, identify different sized objects, order the days of the week and understand past, present and future.

Partnerships with the local school are strong. Staff work extremely closely with the Reception class teacher. They take children to school for visits to help them become familiar and share their learning records.

The manager and Reception class teacher work closely to standardise assessments and enhance planning for children even further. It is not yet outstanding because: At times, the noise level indoors makes it difficult for children to fully focus their listening and attention skills during adult-led activities and in their independent play. Systems to enhance staff's professional development and training are not consistently focused on raising the quality of teaching to the highest level.