Bede Burn Kindergarten

Highlights from Latest Inspection

Summary of key findings for parents

This provision is outstanding • The provider, management and staff monitor and track the progress of individual children and different groups extremely well.

This helps them to identify any gaps in learning rapidly and provide exceptionally good support for children to catch up quickly. For example, they have identified that mathematics has not been taught as well as it could be. As a result, staff are focusing strongly on this with children across the kindergarten.

• Children are supported and guided skilfully by the well-qualified staff. They make excellent progress from their starting points. This offers them the very best possible chance to succeed.

• The ma...nager and staff are relentless in their pursuit of excellence, building and reflecting upon current practice to achieve an outstanding setting that works for them and their children exceptionally well. • Children are given ample opportunities to develop their independence through everyday activities. Staff give children the time they need and allow them to select and explore equipment for themselves carefully.

• The key-person system is highly effective in providing support for families and enabling children's individual needs to be met. Staff know all children exceptionally well and parents comment that they are in tune with their child as an individual. • Staff work very closely in partnership with parents.

They offer regular stay-and-play sessions, such as sensory classes in the baby room. This means that parents can observe and join in with the activities that their children take part in. Parents comment that it is a great idea to allow babies and parents to mix and they observed their children doing things for the first time.