Little Explorers Kindergarten Riverside

Highlights from Latest Inspection

Summary of key findings for parents

This provision is good • This setting provides a highly nurturing environment where staff develop extremely positive relationships with children and their families. Consequently, children settle in quickly and develop a great deal of confidence as they feel very secure with the adults who care for them. • Staff have close partnerships with schools and outside agencies to ensure that all children receive consistent standards of care.

They ensure that children receive the help and support they need to catch up in their learning. • Staff make the most of opportunities to support children during the daily routine. For example, they help children expand on what they say, by pronouncin...g words clearly and introducing more complex sentences.

They also plan sessions to target children's speech and language. These approaches ensure that all children develop confidence and make progress in their communication skills. • Partnerships with parents are well established.

Staff involve parents by exchanging information about their children's achievements and learning at the setting and at home. Parents comment on how well staff help their children to become confident and sociable. • Staff provide a wide range of activities and resources which maintain children's attention and enable them to learn through play.

However, there are occasions when a wider range of resources could be provided for younger children to succeed in what they set out to do. • The systems for overseeing the quality of teaching do not evaluate the whole curriculum to consider the purpose and value of all activities. For example, managers have not reflected on the approach some staff use to introduce early reading to young children.

information about their children's achievements and learning at the setting and at

home. Parents comment on how well staff help their children to become confident and sociable. • Staff provide a wide range of activities and resources which maintain children's attention and enable them to learn through play.

However, there are occasions when a wider range of resources could be provided for younger children to succeed in what they set out to do. • The systems for overseeing the quality of teaching do not evaluate the whole curriculum to consider the purpose and value of all activities. For example, managers have not reflected on the approach some staff use to introduce early reading to young children.