Hyde Pre-School

Highlights from Latest Inspection

Summary of key findings for parents

This provision is outstanding • The management team and committee have high expectations. They inspire the staff, who demonstrate an excellent and confident understanding of how young children learn.

• Highly effective monitoring procedures are used to track children's progress. This helps to ensure additional support is planned swiftly when children need it. Children make excellent progress from their starting points.

• Staff successfully plan innovative, interesting activities which reflect children's interests and build on their skills and knowledge. Children freely make choices and confidently explore their play environment. Staff encourage children's communication a...nd language skills particularly well.

• Staff develop strong partnerships with parents and professionals. Parents speak very positively about the pre-school. They say it is 'amazing' and 'staff are knowledgeable and supportive'.

They comment on how enthusiastic their children are to attend. • Staff have clear behavioural expectations and are excellent role models. They use patient interaction and routines well to help children learn how to manage their feelings and situations.

This enables children to develop their abilities to moderate their behaviour and resolve problems. Behaviour is excellent. • Children are consistently provided with excellent opportunities to enhance their physical skills, which then enhances their self-confidence and good health extremely well.