Beckley Preschool

Highlights from Latest Inspection

Summary of key findings for parents

This provision is good • The manager and staff team work hard to create an inviting learning environment.

Children settle quickly and can easily choose from a varied selection of resources and activities each day. • Staff get to know children well. They respond to children's interests and plan enjoyable, stimulating experiences.

Children make good progress from their starting points and are motivated to learn. • Children behave well. Staff are calm and patient role models.

They use a range of effective strategies to help children learn to resolve disputes independently and think about how others feel. • The new manager is highly motivated to develop the provisio...n continually. She evaluates the pre-school with the staff team and they make changes that have a positive impact on children's experiences.

For instance, staff have reviewed the organisation of resources to create more cosy, comfortable areas in the hall. • Staff have not fully established highly effective strategies to help support all parents to extend their child's learning even further at home. • The arrangements for the professional development and training of staff are not sharply focused on raising the quality of teaching to the highest level.