The Little Explorers Preschool And The Little Explorers 2 Preschool

Highlights from Latest Inspection

Summary of key findings for parents

This provision is good • Since taking over the leadership of the provision, the manager has made effective changes to improve the quality of practice.

This includes greatly boosting staff morale and successfully bringing staff together as an effective team. • Children have good relationships with staff. They happily leave their parents in the mornings and eagerly come in to play and learn.

Parents comment on the great increase they see in their children's confidence and social skills. • Staff clearly understand the progress children have made. They make careful assessments from which they plan appropriate next steps in learning for the children.

• Children, incl...uding those who speak English as an additional language, make good progress from their starting points. They develop well in their communication skills. They quickly add to their vocabularies and learn how to form sentences.

• Staff welcome support from a range of professionals to support children's learning and to ensure their welfare. They share information with staff in the other settings children attend to ensure continuity. They work with professionals, such as health visitors, to plan actions that they use successfully to close any gaps in learning.

• The manager does not use performance management systems robustly to continually build on and improve upon staff's good teaching skills. • Staff do not always focus their interactions with children to support the next steps in their learning. This is particularly evident in the outdoor area where children's play is not always fully extended.