Uplyme Pre-school CIO

Highlights from Latest Inspection

Summary of key findings for parents

The provision is good • Self-evaluation is effective and well targeted to ensure positive change and good-quality outcomes for children. For example, managers have introduced welcome packs for parents to provide information about the setting and help them feel more involved in their children's learning.

Staff have introduced a self-service style snack time, which has increased children's independence skills successfully. • Staff support children very well to develop good confidence and high self-esteem. Children have a strong sense of right and wrong.

Older children use language well to communicate, negotiate and problem solve. Their behaviour is very good. • Staff's int...eractions and questioning are very effective, especially for the older children.

Staff ask children 'what', 'how' and 'why' questions, which helps them to develop good thinking skills. It is not yet outstanding because: • Staff do not consistently use the information from their observations of the youngest children effectively, to plan even more precisely to meet children's next steps in learning. • Training opportunities do not focus sharply enough on developing staff's skills to support the youngest children further.