Hickling Pre-School

Highlights from Latest Inspection

Summary of key findings for parents

This provision is good • This is a strong provision with some excellent aspects. Partnerships with parents are extremely good and there is a very well-established two-way flow of information being used. Staff keep parents well informed about how their children are developing and give them ideas about how to support their child's learning at home.

• The manager is very experienced and qualified. She works closely with the staff team. Supervisory meetings and a commitment to continued professional development help staff to maintain good-quality teaching skills.

• Staff have good understanding of the importance of observations and assessments. Their assessment of children's... development is detailed and ongoing. Staff know the children well and the areas of development they are focusing on with each child.

Children make consistently good progress in their development. • Children have formed secure attachments to all staff. This is because staff are warm, caring and affectionate with them.

Children explore their environment with enthusiasm, curiosity and confidence. • Staff provide children with opportunities to be independent and to make their own choices. They put their own coats on, wash their hands and cut up their own fruit at snack time.

This helps to boost children's self-esteem as they talk about being 'grown up ' and relish the opportunity to be responsible for tasks. • Staff form positive relationships with teachers from their local school to help children's transition to that school. However, they have not considered the importance of forming similar relationships with all schools that children will move on to.