Edgar Sewter Playschool

Highlights from Latest Inspection

Summary of key findings for parents

This provision is good • The small staff team work closely together to provide children with a stimulating range of interesting activities and resources.

Staff organise the available space well to help ensure children have the opportunity to become deeply involved in their chosen activity. • Children are happy and well settled and quickly learn to follow well-established routines. Staff skilfully use daily routines, such as snack time, to encourage children to take responsibility for age-appropriate tasks.

Staff provide children with meaningful opportunities to become accustomed to the school environment. • Staff track children's progress and accurately identify their st...age of development. They use information gained from observation and assessment effectively to target what children need to learn next.

• Staff share ideas with parents about ways that they can support their children's learning at home. Parents praise the small friendly playschool and comment on how much more confident and independent their children have become since they started attending. • Staff use calm and consistent strategies to remind children of the expected rules of behaviour.

They help children understand the consequences of their actions on others. Children show care and concern for others and listen and follow instructions. • Sometimes, staff do not focus on how they can raise the quality of their teaching to a higher level to help children make more rapid progress.

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