Broughton Pre School

Highlights from Latest Inspection

Summary of key findings for parents

This provision is outstanding • Parents report that the manager and staff surpass their expectations in supporting children's individual needs.

The manager listen respectfully to parents' concerns about their children and she responds promptly and sensitively. Where necessary, staff develop highly informative partnerships with other professionals, such as therapists, counsellors and doctors. Children flourish in their care.

• Staff share their exceptionally clear observations of children's achievements, interests and next stage of development with each other and with parents very effectively. They review the impact of their teaching together on a weekly basis and keep ch...ildren's enthusiasm and curiosity for learning at exemplary levels. Children make excellent rates of progress in their learning.

• Children rapidly gain higher levels of confidence in their own abilities and staff support this in abundance. Children show this by taking greater responsibility for dressing appropriately for water play and knowing where to find dry clothing when they need it. • Children are particularly well prepared for school.

Staff work closely with Reception class teachers to share examples of best practice in order to promote children's development in literacy and mathematics. Children gain the foundation skills and self-confidence they need to settle into school quickly. • Staff skilfully extend children's understanding of how to keep themselves safe.

Children link triangles on laundry labels and road signs with warnings. Staff help children to design, plan and review their own signs using books and tablets. Children learn to scroll, expand and focus photographs they have taken in order to see signs clearly enough to sound out and copy written warnings.

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