Warmley Pre-School

Highlights from Latest Inspection

Summary of key findings for parents

This provision is good • The committee, manager and staff work well together as a team. They accurately evaluate the service that they are providing to identify areas for improvement.

Staff regularly seek the views of parents and children to support their evaluation. • Children are happy and settled. They develop warm and secure relationships with their key person and the other adults in the setting.

• Staff use effective methods to observe, monitor and assess children's progress. They use the information well to target teaching effectively. All children, including those who speak English as an additional language, make good progress in their learning.

• Partner...ships with parents are good and well developed. Parents are happy with the care that their children receive and comment that staff keep them well informed about their children's progress. • Staff support children to gain a good understanding of the lives and cultures of people from backgrounds different to their own.

For instance, staff provide a wide variety of resources that reflects diversity, and children take part in activities to learn about cultural events. • Staff miss opportunities to support children to take responsibility for age-appropriate tasks, to promote their developing independence. • The manager and staff do not make the best use of their good partnerships with parents to gain a more detailed understanding of children's development when they first attend the setting.