Christ Church [Cheltenham] Pre-School Playgroup

Highlights from Latest Inspection

Summary of key findings for parents

This provision is good • Children are well settled, happy and confident in their surroundings.

They demonstrate they feel safe and secure and have a sense of belonging at the setting. Children form strong attachments with their key person. This supports their emotional development well.

Staff provide very good support for those children with special educational needs and/or disabilities. • Children are motivated and eager to learn. They make friends quickly and show care and concern for each other as they play.

For example, when a child falls over, another child checks they are not hurt. • Children make good progress in their learning relative to their starting ...points. Staff complete detailed observations and assessments on children.

They plan a balanced range of exciting activities based around children's individual needs and interests. The management tracks children's progress clearly to enable them to quickly identify and close any gaps in learning. • The manager monitors staff performance effectively.

Staff attend extra training courses, to help support them further in their knowledge and understanding of how children learn and develop. • At times, staff tend to do things for children that they could easily do for themselves, such as pouring drinks and cutting up their own fruit. • Staff do not consistently gather and share detailed information with other early years settings children attend to enable a shared approach to children's learning.