Little Explorers Pre-School

Highlights from Latest Inspection

Summary of key findings for parents

The provision is good • The manager has a strong dedication to continual improvement. She accurately evaluates the pre-school and knows how to improve the quality of practice further. The manager includes the views of others, such as parents in self-evaluation.

• The manager monitors children's progress and the curriculum well. She identifies ways to increase children's rates of learning. The manager encourages staff to quickly support children who start with skills lower than expected.

This helps to close gaps in their learning. • Teaching is strong. For example, staff skilfully interact with children while they are playing in the outside kitchen.

They ask chil...dren mathematical questions, and this encourages them to respond and describe different quantities. • Children who start, settle quickly. They have strong bonds with staff and enjoy sitting with them and involving them in their play.

Staff care for children attentively. It is not yet outstanding because: • The manager has not yet implemented her plans to enhance the monitoring and evaluation of staff's practice to raise further the quality of teaching and outcomes for children. • Key persons do not make the best use of the information that they gather from parents when children start attending, to assess children starting points.

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