Writtle Green Pre-School

Highlights from Latest Inspection

Summary of key findings for parents

The provision is good • Staff have developed extremely good working relationships with other professionals involved in children's lives.

They fully understand the importance of joint working and share important information that helps to ensure consistency in children's care and learning. • Children thoroughly enjoy spending time outside in the fresh air. They engage very well in an exciting range of play opportunities.

This helps to ensure that children's individual learning styles are effectively supported wherever they choose to play. • Staff promote children's communication and language development successfully. They talk to children about what they are doing and regu...larly introduce new and descriptive words.

Children eagerly join in conversations and staff support them to learn about taking turns to speak and listen to others. • Parents report that the staff are 'lovely' and that they feel confident to approach them. They say that when they drop their children off in the morning it feels like they are leaving them with 'family members'.

Parents describe the atmosphere in the pre-school as relaxed. It is not yet outstanding because: • Staff do not consistently make the most of their good relationships with parents to support them to complement and extend their children's learning at home. • At times, staff do not promote opportunities that encourage children to fully explore and discover their ideas.