Bunnies Pre School

Highlights from Latest Inspection

What is it like to attend this early years setting?

The provision is good

Children enter the pre-school to be warmly welcomed by staff, who know them well and are attentive to their individual needs. Children show that they enjoy their time at pre-school.

For example, they smile widely, giggle and talk excitedly with staff and other children about their day. Staff are affectionate to the children, regularly offering encouragement and praise, which nurtures children's self-esteem and confidence. Children behave well because staff act as good role models.

They know what is expected of them and, therefore, can follow the routine. For example, during group activities, children understand that th...ey need to wait until a chair becomes free at the table before it is their turn.The curriculum is ambitious and leaders are clear about what they want children to learn.

They utilise the local community particularly well to provide children with new experiences. For example, children take part in local events such as the Remembrance service and harvest festival. They decorate the community tree and take part in acts of kindness, such as giving food to homelessness charities.

These rich sets of experiences help to widen children's understanding of the cultures and communities beyond their own.

What does the early years setting do well and what does it need to do better?

Leaders have designed a curriculum with a strong focus on communication and language. Staff adapt the way they communicate with children across all groups, ages and stages of development.

For example, staff ask older children open-ended questions and engage them in discussions throughout the day. They comment on younger children's play and repeat back what they say with the correct pronunciation. This ensures that all children make good progress.

Teaching is strong, overall, and staff understand and implement the curriculum effectively. Children have great fun as they explore shaving foam and learn through exploration of their senses. Staff encourage children to make patterns and letters with their fingers in the foam.

This encourages their early literacy skills.The provider uses effective assessment and planning to help children to progress across all areas of learning, and ensures gaps in learning are closed to prevent children from falling behind. However, not all parents receive the information about their children's progress that they need to further extend their learning at home.

Children benefit from real-life experiences. For example, staff take children on local outings on the bus and have visitors to the setting who bring in animals, such as lambs. These experiences broaden children's understanding and curiosity about the world around them.

A good balance of adult-led and child-initiated activities based on children's current interests enables them to become focused in their play. Children of all ages confidently explore their environment. However, on some occasions, children are not encouraged to complete routine tasks they are capable of doing for themselves.

This does not fully support their developing independence skills.Children learn about how to keep themselves safe and healthy. On outings, they learn why they need to wear high-visibility jackets and how to cross the road safely.

Staff use mealtimes as a teaching opportunity and discuss the benefits of healthy eating. This supports children to develop healthy attitudes.Children's safety and well-being are fully assured.

However, the provider has failed to notify Ofsted of a change to some of the committee members. This is a legal requirement. These committee members do not have unsupervised access to children at the pre-school and, therefore, this means there is no impact on children's welfare.

Staff build strong relationships with parents. Parents are happy with the care provided for their children and say all the staff are like extended family. Parents appreciate all the additional opportunities that staff provide, such as parent events and the parent information area.

Staff supervision enables leaders and staff to identify and support their ongoing professional development opportunities. Leaders test staff's understanding by asking them questions at team meetings and providing quizzes. This helps to promote positive outcomes for children.

Safeguarding

The arrangements for safeguarding are effective.There is an open and positive culture around safeguarding that puts children's interests first.

What does the setting need to do to improve?

To further improve the quality of the early years provision, the provider should: share more information on children's next steps and ideas for how parents can extend children's learning at home develop children's independence skills even further by allowing them to manage tasks they are capable of completing themselves.

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