Alan Pullinger Playgroup

Highlights from Latest Inspection

Summary of key findings for parents

This provision is good • The manager works in partnership with other professionals to secure funding for children who require additional support.

They use the funding effectively to provide extra staffing for children to receive one-to-one help to enhance their learning. • Staff manage children's behaviour well. They help children to learn the playgroup's golden rules and embed these in everyday practice.

Children listen to instructions and share toys with their friends. • Staff know their key children well. They assess children's learning to plan support for their individual next steps.

Children are making good progress in their learning and development. • Staf...f support children's developing literacy well. The most able children link sounds to letters and are beginning to write their names.

• The manager and deputy reflect on their practice and make changes that enhance outcomes for children. For example, they have helped staff to focus more on children's interests and use these to capture their curiosity when planning for their learning. • Staff gather some information from parents about their children when they first start.

However, they do not find out what children know and can do at home to inform the planning for children's development right from the start. • During some activities, staff do not build on and challenge children's mathematical understanding. For example, they miss opportunities to extend children's mathematical language and their knowledge of shapes, and to help them solve simple calculations.