Bolney Under Fives Pre-School Group

Highlights from Latest Inspection

Summary of key findings for parents

This provision is good • The manager is highly attentive to the differing emotional needs of children and parents. She works in close partnership with other professionals to guarantee children's welfare and to provide a high level of support for parents where they need it most.

Staff support children extremely well in their emotional development. For example, they teach them to understand how they are feeling and to manage this in a very mature way. • Staff ensure that children learn skills that will help them in their future learning.

They successfully teach children early reading, writing and numeracy skills. Children frequently use numbers in their play and show good ...counting skills. • Staff support children extremely well to develop independence.

They complete daily tasks, including preparing for and cleaning up after snack with high levels of independence. Children understand the rules and routines in the setting very well. They know exactly where resources belong and make very well-informed choices about the activities they want to play with.

• Children make good progress from their starting points. They develop confidence quickly. • The manager monitors the progress children make and ensures that swift action is taken if gaps in progress occur.

She compares the progress made by groups of children to ensure all children have equal opportunities to progress well. • The manager has not yet employed focused professional development opportunities for staff, to move their teaching skills on from good to outstanding. • Although staff inform parents well about the progress children make, they do not consistently offer parents effective opportunities to extend children's learning at home.