C4K

Highlights from Latest Inspection

Summary of key findings for parents

This provision is good The key-person approach is effective. Managers and staff have good relationships with parents who are encouraged to support and share information about their children's learning and development at home. Managers and staff promote children's early literacy skills well and make learning meaningful.

For example, they provide real envelopes and paper for children to write on and a lifelike letter box for them to post them into. Children make good progress from their starting points. Children are fully involved in the preparation of snack time to develop their independence and self-help skills, such as cutting fruit and pouring their own drinks.

Manager...s and staff act as positive role models and consistently praise children to raise their confidence and self-esteem. They teach children to respect the needs of others and make them aware of the behavioural expectations in the pre-school. Managers collect the views of staff, parents and children to help them monitor the effectiveness of the provision and continually improve.

For example, they have made a positive improvement to the outdoor environment with help from parents. It is not yet outstanding because: Managers and staff do not fully provide opportunities for children to have access to a wide range of natural materials and resources to explore and investigate. The provider and managers have not yet developed a system to establish how well different groups of children learn, such as boys and girls to improve their plans further.