Hingham Playgroup

Highlights from Latest Inspection

Summary of key findings for parents

This provision is good • The manager is a reflective and resourceful practitioner. She monitors children's progress to identify possible gaps in their learning and the provision. She uses additional funding, such as the early years pupil premium, effectively to support children's development.

The management committee works with the manager to shape plans for improvement, using feedback from parents and staff in a positive way. • Staff know the children well. They plan activities according to children's interests and individual stage of learning.

Staff provide additional resources or equipment to activities to build on children's interests and support their learning. • St...aff are good role models. They speak to children and each other in a warm and respectful manner.

Children behave well and show understanding of the key rules staff promote, such as 'walking feet' and 'indoor voices'. • Children develop key skills in readiness for their next stage of education, such as school. They become confident communicators who ask for help and talk about their intentions.

For example, children ask staff for help to zip up their coat and they talk about what they are going to play with outside. • Parents comment on the 'brilliant' staff. They appreciate the sensitive settling-in arrangements for new children and how they are kept up to date with their child's progress.

Parents praise how staff 'go the extra mile' to organise special events. • Staff do not always use opportunities to stretch and extend the learning of the most able children to achieve their full potential. • The manager does not focus the programme for professional development on the monitoring and continued development of staff's teaching skills.

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