Beck Row Pre-School

Highlights from Latest Inspection

Summary of key findings for parents

This provision is good • The management team reflects effectively on the service the pre-school provides. The team gathers the views of parents and staff and holds regular meetings with the preschool committee. This helps to identify improvements to make, to continually benefit children.

• Children enjoy attending this warm, welcoming pre-school. They talk enthusiastically about their time at the pre-school and past activities they have enjoyed. Children are eager to arrive and begin playing.

They join in with adult-led games, as well as starting their own play with friends. • Staff know children well. They talk knowledgeably about each child's progress and how they help... children to achieve their next steps in learning.

• Children demonstrate a sense of belonging and are proud to wear the pre-school's sweatshirts. They know the routines of the setting well and enjoy large-group activities. Children develop friendships and look forward to their friends arriving.

• Staff display children's early writing and artwork with care. Children enjoy showing the inspector which piece belongs to them. • Children practise their physical skills as they exercise outside in all weathers.

They race with friends, climb up the slide, bounce on space hoppers and laugh as they rock on the see-saw. • Parents praise the positive impact that attendance at the pre-school has had on their children. They talk about their children's progress and increased confidence.

Parents comment on how much children enjoy and benefit from the wide range of learning experiences on offer. • Staff do not consistently make the most of opportunities to support children's social skills, for example at snack times. • The arrangements for supervision and ongoing professional development are not focused enough to raise staff's personal effectiveness to the highest levels.