Busy Bees Pre-School

Highlights from Latest Inspection

Summary of key findings for parents

This provision is good • The manager is sensitive to the needs of children. She motivates and supports her staff well and is very accountable to the parent committee. She successfully identifies ways to improve the pre-school and raise standards for children.

• Staff provide many opportunities to help children learn to assess risks and behave safely. For example, children build dens and move large construction materials around to create new challenges. Staff prompt children to think critically about risk and children begin to understand what they can do to minimise it.

• Children develop good physical skills, coordination and control of their movements. They thoroughly e...njoy a diverse range of activities, such as walking in the countryside, yoga, and music-and-movement sessions. Children learn ways to keep their minds and bodies healthy.

• The parent committee share up-to-date, well-informed policies and procedures with parents to show how they work to keep children safe. For instance, the pre-school website shares helpful guidance with parents on ways to introduce online safety to very young children. • Staff establish open and professional relationships with parents that are also warm and supportive.

Parents say they are very pleased with the care and learning their children receive. There is a very happy atmosphere at the pre-school. • Parents note how excited their children are to explore different places and wildlife habitats and how much they learn from them.

Children take delight in watching millipedes move and examine the tiny details on the wings of a moth. • Staff know the children well and carefully observe and develop their interests. However, their ongoing assessments are not precise enough to be completely accurate or to target teaching at even higher levels of practice.