Upper Hopton Pre-School

Highlights from Latest Inspection

Summary of key findings for parents

This provision is good • Staff monitor children's development effectively. They regularly share observations and assessment information with parents. Children make good progress from their starting points.

• Staff plan activities around children's current interests and a variety of topics. For example, children spend long periods of time pretending to make pancakes, using bowls, spoons and play food. • Staff are enthusiastic and playful in their approach.

One example of this is when staff play a chasing game outside. Children are animated and delight at taking on different roles in the activity. • Children develop very close attachments to the staff.

This helps ...children to settle quickly in the pre-school and to foster their emotional well-being successfully. • The manager and staff work in partnership with others effectively. For example, they have close links with the local school, church and a wide range of professionals.

• Parents are very complimentary about the pre-school. One comments, 'Staff are excellent in every way. They are wonderful with the children and families.

Children make good friends and develop social skills.' • The manager and staff do not consistently organise routines to fully promote high levels of participation and engagement for all children. • The manager does not focus the professional development programme precisely to help raise the quality of teaching, learning and assessment to the highest level.