St Andrews Playgroup

Highlights from Latest Inspection

Summary of key findings for parents

This provision is good • Partnerships with parents are good.

The manager and staff use a wide range of strategies to engage parents and share information about children's achievements. Parents comment that they value the individual care and learning their children receive. • The manager and staff evaluate the playgroup accurately.

They include the views of parents and children to help identify areas for further improvement. For example, staff effectively enhance the environment to help provide children with a quiet space to rest and reflect on their feelings and support their emotional well-being. • Staff effectively enhance children's communication and language skills.<...br/>
For example, they clearly emphasise key words throughout their interactions to help children's understanding and speaking skills. All children make good progress in their learning from their starting points. • Children have a good awareness of healthy lifestyles.

For example, staff provide nutritious snacks and engage children in conversations about healthy food choices. • Sometimes staff miss opportunities to support children's growing independence and self-help skills, as staff undertake tasks that children could do themselves. • Staff do not consistently make the most of opportunities to help children practise their early writing skills.