West Thorpe Pre School Playgroup

Highlights from Latest Inspection

Summary of key findings for parents

This provision is good • Staff have highly successful partnerships with other professionals that are helping to improve outcomes for children.

They work well with other settings to actively promote the raising of standards for care and learning across the local area. Staff share information about the priorities for learning to ensure children are ready for school. • Staff frequently seek feedback from parents and children so that they can share their views.

Parents comment that staff are supportive and welcoming. Parents attend stay-and-play sessions where they can work with their children and find out how to support learning at home. • Staff implement highly effective m...onitoring of individual and groups of children.

They identify and address any gaps in achievement quickly. Staff use additional funding well to help gaps in attainment close. Parents share their aspirations for their children and are involved in monitoring their children's progress.

• Staff implement an effective key-person approach. This helps children to form secure emotional attachments from the start. They support children's move into the setting and on to school very well.

• Staff are good role models. They support children to behave well through clear guidance and explanations. Children have good social skills and are supported well to build relationships.

• The manager does not use her findings from evaluations as well as possible in order to focus staff's professional development and precisely target their individual training needs. This means that not all staff develop their teaching to a high standard rapidly. • Staff do not share future learning experiences consistently with parents in order to ensure they have a good understanding of what is planned to support their children's next steps in learning.