Handsworth Pre-School

Highlights from Latest Inspection

Summary of key findings for parents

This provision is good • Leaders evaluate the pre-school well. They are clear about their strengths and they have in place an action plan to continually strengthen children's experiences. For example, to increase opportunities outside to provide more challenge for children and to help extend their physical development.

• Staff work closely with parents and other professionals to identify and close any gaps in children's development. They complete an individual support plan for children with special educational needs and/or disabilities to ensure that opportunities are tailored to meet their needs. • Staff support children to develop their social skills effectively.

They ...plan group activities for children to play with each other and remind them to share and take turns to use resources. • Staff observe and assess children's learning well. They use this information to plan stimulating opportunities for them to enjoy and to help them develop new skills.

Staff move around to interact with children and support them to make good progress, in comparison to their starting points. • Staff do not support children to develop the skills to manage some small tasks on their own, including their personal care needs. • Staff miss some opportunities during children's play to challenge and stretch their learning, in particular to strengthen their understanding of different people and cultures.