Paint Pots Preschool @ Orchard Lane

Highlights from Latest Inspection

Summary of key findings for parents

The provision is good • The provider and manager are highly motivated leaders who aspire to achieve the very best for the families who attend. Plans for improvement are sharply focused on the needs of children, so they achieve well. Staff successfully act on the views of parents, carers and children to enhance the provision further.

• Staff provide a wide range of well-planned activities that captures children's interest and ensures their good progress. They accurately identify and plan for children's next steps in learning that support their good progress overall. Children are highly motivated and show high levels of independence and engagement as they play.

• Partnersh...ips with parents are effective. Staff very successfully engage parents to support children's learning further at home. For example, staff encourage parents to collect autumn-themed resources in the community with their children, which they later use in children's play.

Parents are overwhelmingly positive about the setting. It is not yet outstanding because: • The new staff team strives towards consistently high standards. However, staff interactions occasionally lack the challenge to support children to the highest level, to bring about rapid progress.