Victoria Pre-school

Highlights from Latest Inspection

Summary of key findings for parents

The provision is good • Staff welcome children warmly. Children enter the pre-school with confidence. Staff plan and provide a good range of activities that interests and supports the children's individual needs and ongoing development.

• Staff know children and their families well and keep parents well-informed about their child's day. They talk to parents daily and have a weekly communication book. • Staff effectively support children's development of good behaviour.

For example, they talk to children to help them understand the implications of sharing and turn taking. • Staff observe, track and check the children's learning and development well to ensure they make goo...d progress. Outcomes for children are good.

• Strong recruitment and ongoing appraisal programmes are well implemented to ensure all staff working with children feel supported and capable within their roles. • Staff support children's communication and language very well. They carefully phase and ask children open-ended questions to help build and support their developing vocabulary.

It is not yet outstanding because: • Staff do not consistently extend children's learning about the world and precisely promote their knowledge of how to keep healthy. They do not help children fully understand where the food they are eating comes from and how healthy eating affects our bodies. • At times, staff do not help children to understand why rules are in place, to develop a deeper knowledge of boundaries within the pre-school.