Stanmore Baptist Church Preschool

Highlights from Latest Inspection

Summary of key findings for parents

This provision is good The well-qualified manager demonstrates a strong commitment to providing high-quality care and education. She takes account of parents' views to help improve outcomes for children. Clear and focussed self-evaluation shows that there is continuous improvement in the quality of care and education provided for children.

Staff interact very well with children. They help to develop children's language skills. For example, through conversations during activities.

Staff know whether to correct, repeat or extend children's language. Staff create a welcoming, friendly and stimulating environment. Children are very happy and form close relationships with adu...lts, who help them feel safe, secure and ready to learn.

Children behave well and learn to respect each other. Parents are very pleased with the service they receive. They comment that staff are very welcoming and help their children to settle and feel at ease when they first start.

Parents are well informed about their children's progress and activities. It is not yet outstanding because: Teaching is not always sharply focused on providing sufficient challenge to fully extend older children's learning, to help them make better than good progress. Staff's professional development is not always sharply focused on building specific skills to raise the quality of teaching even higher.