Uttoxeter Pre-School

Highlights from Latest Inspection

Summary of key findings for parents

This provision is good • The manager and staff work closely with the local authority and have made rigorous improvements to practice. They have addressed the actions from the previous inspection, in order to achieve good standards. • Staff provide children and their families with a warm and inviting environment.

Staff work closely together to ensure they meet the individual needs of all children. This means children are happy and content to attend. • The pre-school is well organised.

The manager ensures staff implement a range of policies and procedures effectively. The environment is risk assessed indoors and outside. This helps to keep children safe.

• Childre...n form good relationships with their key person and other staff. Staff are caring and attentive towards the children, which effectively supports children's emotional wellbeing. • Staff provide children with a range of activities, and resources are very accessible.

All children make good progress from their starting points. • Staff develop strong relationships with parents. They gather useful information when children start at the pre-school and regularly inform parents about their children's development.

This helps to promote continuity in children's care and learning between the pre-school and home. • Self-evaluation is in place. However, the manager does not yet fully include staff in the process.

This means staff are not entirely clear about the targets for further development to help elevate the quality to the highest level. • The manager does not always make best use of staff's professional development. There is scope to sharpen the focus on teaching to help increase teaching practice to the highest standard.