German Kindergarten North Dulwich

Highlights from Latest Inspection

Summary of key findings for parents

The provision is good • Staff support a smooth settling-in process for children. They work closely with parents to help support individual children's emotional needs.

Young children build close relationships with the staff. Older children make special friendships and enjoy sharing their experiences with others. • Self-evaluation is effective.

The team has successfully addressed previous recommendations. For instance, staff have strengthened the learning programme for children's communication and language development. Improvement action is successful.

• Staff support children's early literacy skills well. Young children learn to join in repetitive phrases during ...story reading activities and older children learn to identify letter sounds. Children are prepared well for the next stage in their learning.

• Staff provide opportunities for children to learn to make decisions. For instance, prior to tidy-up time they support children to discuss and decide how they plan to share responsibilities between themselves. Children then work extremely well as a team to put away the toys.

Children build on their independence. It is not yet outstanding because: • Processes to monitor the progress made by different groups of children are still being developed. • Staff do not fully support opportunities for children to build on their early understanding of technology.