Wulstan’s Lodge Childcare

Highlights from Latest Inspection

Summary of key findings for parents

This provision is good There are effective systems in place to build close relationships with parents. Staff make the time to engage with all parents and are flexible in their approach, which helps them gain their trust.

Teaching is good. Staff place a strong focus on increasing children's communication and language, and listening and attention skills. They use story and group sessions well to reinforce learning and to help children progress.

Staff swiftly identify any children with additional needs, including those who speak English as an additional language, to help close gaps in their learning. Staff work very closely with parents of these children and provide targete...d support, where necessary. Staff provide a rich range of first-hand experiences to help children learn about the natural world.

They help children learn about diversity and how to respect their differences within the group. It is not yet outstanding because: The committee members and the manager do not use stringent monitoring systems to help evaluate and raise the quality of teaching and learning experiences to an exceptional level. The manager and staff do not make the very best possible use of children's assessment information, to help target boy's achievement even further in their literacy and raise all children's learning further in some aspects of their early mathematical development.