The Old School Playgroup

Highlights from Latest Inspection

Summary of key findings for parents

This provision is good The provider, who is also the manager, reviews and evaluates practice well and works effectively with the staff team to raise standards. She seeks the views of parents and children, for example, through questionnaires, to help her plan further improvements to the provision.

Staff develop good relationships with parents to help support children's learning. For example, a book-lending scheme helps to promote children's literacy skills by sharing favourite stories between home and nursery. This includes a wide range of dual-language books for parents and children who speak English as an additional language.

Parents speak highly of the care their child...ren receive, they say that their children form close bonds with staff and are well settled at playgroup. Children are happy and confident as they arrive each morning and eagerly settle down to play. Children develop strong social and communication skills, they listen to adults and behave well.

Older children are friendly and helpful towards each other and play cooperatively together. It is not yet outstanding because: At times, staff do not organise large-group activities and daily routines effectively to maximise learning opportunities for all children. Staff do not always give children opportunities to use art and craft resources creatively to express their own ideas, thoughts and feelings.