Woodhall Farm Pre-School

Highlights from Latest Inspection

Summary of key findings for parents

This provision is good • Parents speak highly of the pre-school staff, and feel that they are kept well informed about their child's progress.

Staff give them ideas of how they can support their children's learning at home. Parents comment that staff are very helpful and supportive towards the whole family, as well as meeting their children's individual needs. • Staff support children's learning well.

Children remain very focused and engaged at the activities on offer. They choose things that interest them and willingly participate in activities that are led by the staff. • Children make good progress from their initial starting points.

Staff promptly and regula...rly monitor children's progress after they start at the pre-school. This supports them to identify any potential gaps in children's learning. • Children settle quickly at the pre-school.

Staff are appropriate role models. They support children to learn how to share and take turns with their friends. Children form strong friendships with other children, and are kind and helpful to each other.

• The manager provides staff with various opportunities to develop their professional knowledge. She keenly supports their development and they attend courses that are relevant to their roles. Staff share information gained on training courses with their colleagues.

This helps the whole team to gain more information to support the needs of the children well. • Children who speak English as an additional language do not always have enough opportunities to share their culture and home language with other children and staff in the pre-school. • On occasions, staff do not always fully explain the rules to children and the reasons for them being in place.