Ilkley Preschool Playgroup

Highlights from Latest Inspection

Summary of key findings for parents

The provision is good • Parents speak highly of the care their children receive and the progress they have made in their learning since attending the setting. • Staff have a good understanding of how children learn, overall. They plan and provide activities based on children's interests.

This helps children to concentrate for extended periods of time on activities, such as building with blocks, or exploring how colours change when other liquids are added. • Staff provide activities that help younger children to interact with their older peers so that they enjoy learning together. For example, an older child is keen to show a younger child how to build a dinosaur out of bricks..../>
• The staff's warm and affectionate manner supports children's personal development and well-being effectively. Children are happy and settled at the pre-school and their behaviour is good. The staff's support and positive role modelling help children to develop respectful relationships with staff and their peers.

It is not yet outstanding because: • The trustees and manager do not monitor and critically evaluate staff's teaching skills as well as they could, to help raise the quality of teaching to a higher level. • Activities planned to support play and learning outdoors are not as rich and varied as those children experience indoors. • Staff training is based on essential requirements, such as first aid and not sufficiently focused on raising the quality of teaching to a higher level.