Ilford Lane Under 5’s Playgroup

Highlights from Latest Inspection

Summary of key findings for parents

This provision is good Staff work as a strong team, with identified roles and responsibilities.

All staff are included to enhance the professional practice of the setting and work together to address targets for making improvements. Staff make good use of a range of teaching methods, such as pictures to help children who speak English as an additional language to understand routines. Staff model learning well, such as through their positive interactions and delivery of learning experiences.

Partnerships with local schools, the local authority and other professionals work very effectively and make a strong contribution to meeting children's individual needs. Children who ...have special educational needs and/or disabilities are supported well through a range of strategies by caring staff in collaboration with external agencies. Children are settled and behave very well.

Staff are good role models who play alongside children, teaching them sensitively to share and take turns successfully. It is not yet outstanding because: Staff do not seek precise information from parents about what children already know and can do when they first start, to identify accurate starting points in their learning. At times, outdoor experiences in the garden are not used effectively to ensure children have access to a broad range of activities and all available space is used fully.