Rolvenden Pre-School

Highlights from Latest Inspection

Summary of key findings for parents

The provision is good • The manager has worked closely with the pre-school committee to make strong improvements since the previous inspection. They work well with the qualified staff team to evaluate pre-school practice and implement effective changes, which enhance the quality of care and early education offered. • Children enjoy exploring the wide range of motivating and stimulating resources.

Staff effectively recognise children's interests and use these to create opportunities which enable them to explore and develop their own ideas. Parents talk about how their children 'love' to come to the pre-school. Children develop good skills to support their future learning.

...>• Staff develop strong emotional bonds with children from the start. Children are happy, settled and secure. They seek and enjoy staff interactions throughout the day.

This helps children to develop confidence and self-esteem. It is not yet outstanding because: • At times, staff do not give enough consideration to ways they can fully support the learning and development needs of children who speak English as an additional language. • Staff do not consistently make the very best use of ongoing observation and assessment to help identify children's rates of progress and meticulously plan highly challenging activities.