White Rabbit Pre School

Highlights from Latest Inspection

Summary of key findings for parents

The provision is good • Staff are very nurturing, friendly and welcoming.

The effective key-person system allows staff to get to know children and their families from the start. Parents are very complimentary about the good level of care and attention their children receive. • Staff are confident in their role of promoting children's learning.

Good, and occasionally very good, teaching is evident. For example, staff skilfully model language and engage children in conversations which interest them and extend their vocabulary. Children are well prepared for starting school.

• The pre-school is very inviting and provides a rich, varied environment to support childr...en's learning and development. The manager and staff have thought carefully about the organisation of the premises to ensure that children have the opportunity to explore and learn in secure and safe yet challenging indoor and outdoor spaces. • Parents of children who have special educational needs say that their children are very well supported and have made significant progress since attending the pre-school.

Positive working arrangements with parents and other professionals ensure that staff can provide relevant interventions. It is not yet outstanding because: • Monitoring systems are not used effectively to track the progress of different groups of children consistently over time. • Current procedures for monitoring staff performance are not sharply focused on raising the teaching skills of individual staff to the highest level.