St James Pre-School and After School Club (Church House)

Highlights from Latest Inspection

Summary of key findings for parents

This provision is good • Staff are especially sensitive and caring. They establish extremely strong attachments with children who seek and enjoy staff interactions throughout the day.

Staff are highly skilled at recognising and supporting children's individual needs. Children are happy and settled in the pre-school. Parents comment that staff are 'nurturing and friendly'.

• Staff are skilled teachers, they have a good understanding of how children learn. Staff use this knowledge to plan targeted and purposeful experiences which support children's individual learning and development. All children, including those with special educational needs, make good progress.
.../>• The manager is enthusiastic and ambitious. She leads by example and effectively supports a strong staff team. The manager has clear expectations which she shares effectively with staff.

They work well as a team and reflect the manager's high expectations in the care they offer. • Partnerships with parents are strong. Staff work closely with parents to gather and exchange information regarding children's achievements and care needs.

This helps to ensure a consistent approach. • Staff do not always organise group times to ensure the learning needs of all children participating are extremely well supported. • The programme for support and professional development of staff is not fully implemented to consistently support them to reflect on and develop their practice.