Early Learners Centre Pre-School

Highlights from Latest Inspection

Summary of key findings for parents

This provision is good • The manager has high expectations of staff and reflects well on the setting's practice. She acts on the advice of others, such as other early years professionals, to help improve teaching and children's outcomes.

For instance, the manager and staff have successfully raised the quality of practice to good levels following actions set at the last inspection. • Staff work with parents effectively to help build a consistent approach to children's care and learning. For instance, they gather useful information from parents about children's achievements when they first start at the setting.

They successfully use this to help support children's developm...ental needs from the outset. • Children are happy and confident. Staff are bubbly and enthusiastic, and form warm bonds with children.

They are sensitive to children's needs and support their emotional well-being effectively. • Staff provide good opportunities for children to develop their early mathematical skills. For example, staff teach children to count amounts accurately and encourage them to solve simple number problems, supporting their early number skills well.

Children make good progress and develop the necessary skills for the next steps in their learning. • At times, staff do not plan adult-led activities that fully reflect children's interests to help enhance their concentration and participation levels further. • The manager is at the early stage of implementing processes to compare regularly the progress made by different groups of children, to help quickly identify and address any areas where children may need a boost in their development.