Westwood Farm Community Pre-School

Highlights from Latest Inspection

Summary of key findings for parents

The provision is good • Leaders, the committee and staff accurately evaluate the quality of the pre-school provision.

They create a stimulating learning environment and continually make further improvements to enhance experiences for children. • Staff care for children in a sensitive and responsive way. Children form close relationships with staff and build trusting emotional attachments that have a positive effect on the way they develop their independence.

• Children enjoy learning outdoors. They develop good physical skills and they confidently ride wheeled toys and show great enthusiasm when using the slide. Staff engage enthusiastically in children's physical play a...nd support children's well-being successfully.

• Staff regularly observe children's play and assess their individual learning closely, which helps them to target how they plan the next steps in learning for each child. • Staff develop good relationships with parents. Parents are kept fully informed about their children's development.

They are very complimentary about the quality of support, care and learning experiences their children receive from the passionate and dedicated staff team. It is not yet outstanding because: • The existing staff monitoring procedure is not sharply focused to help every member of staff extend their knowledge and raise the quality of teaching to the highest level. • Staff do not obtain enough information from parents about what children already know and can do when they first start, to help them fully plan their learning from the onset.