Harting Village Preschool Group

Highlights from Latest Inspection

Summary of key findings for parents

This provision is good • The new management team, including the committee members are passionate about the continual development of the pre-school. They have a clear vision for the future and they involve the staff and parents in all decision making. • Staff are warm and caring towards children.

They provide reassurance and support to help new children feel secure and settled. Staff get to know them and their families well through gathering meaningful information about children's needs and interests on entry. This contributes to the continuity of care and learning for children.

• Children behave well and the majority confidently access the variety of resources set out fo...r them. Staff consistently praise the children, helping to promote confidence and a sense of self-esteem. They encourage new children to select and play with items they are interested in.

• The manager and her staff work very effectively with teachers within the school where children mostly move on to. They share information about how to help children to be ready for their next steps in learning, such as starting school. Children also use the play equipment in the school grounds.

This helps them to ease the move to school when the time comes. • Parents are very complimentary about the pre-school and the attention that the staff provide to their children. They say that their children ask to come on days that they do not attend.

Staff speak to parents daily to help keep them informed about their children's progress. • Occasionally, staff do not take all opportunities to extend the older and most-able children with enough challenge to extend their learning further. • The management teams' systems for overseeing the quality of teaching do not evaluate the impact of staff's practice rigorously enough to raise teaching to a higher level.