Little Explorers Hythe

Highlights from Latest Inspection

Summary of key findings for parents

The provision is good • Staff help support children's communication and language skills effectively. For example, they make good use of repetition through singing songs and naming objects to help increase children's vocabulary.

• The management team and staff have a good knowledge of the signs and symptoms that might indicate that a child is at risk of harm and of the procedures to follow to help protect them. • Staff have implemented highly effective procedures to support children as they move between rooms and on to formal education, to help ensure they are exceptionally well prepared for the next stage in their learning. • The management team has implemented strong recruitment... and induction procedures to help support the new and existing staff to become confident in their roles.

• The highly impressive, and constantly evolving, outside play spaces give children daily opportunities to exercise and practise their physical skills. For example, they are able to take small risks as they increase their climbing and balancing abilities. • Staff work extremely well together as part of a team.

They are excellent role models who provide the children with clear rules and boundaries to meet their needs. • Staff have strong links with parents and early years professionals to help meet children's individual care and learning needs. It is not yet outstanding because: • At times, staff do not support children's mathematical understanding and language, particularly about the relationship between numbers and quantity.