Oxenhope Under Fives Pre-school

Highlights from Latest Inspection

Summary of key findings for parents

This provision is outstanding • Staff carry out exemplary observation, assessment and planning.

The invaluable early years teacher is highly skilled and knowledgeable. She meticulously analyses data to identify and reduce any differences in children's learning magnificently. This is reflected in elaborate, forward-thinking action plans and early intervention programmes, such as those related to children's speech and language.

• Staff establish superior partnership working with parents. Parents attend exciting and informative stay-and-play sessions and have input in to staff's planning of activities. They receive and share extensive high-quality information, including thr...ough various highly successful online information systems.

• The dedicated staff give excellent consideration to optimising the learning environment, despite the challenges of a pack-away pre-school. They use innovative and creative ways to provide a tremendous range of rich, highly challenging and captivating activities. Children flourish, make substantial and sustained progress and develop exemplary skills for their future move on to school.

• There is first-rate monitoring of staff's practice. Their qualifications, continued professional development and high-quality, motivating teaching, significantly enhances children's learning. • Staff promote children's physical well-being to an exceptionally high standard.

For instance, children harvest food, staff loan out balance bikes and helmets to parents and children have free access to the outdoors. • Children show outstanding independence and exceptional social skills and behaviour. Their use of sand timers to self-regulate sharing and taking turns is astounding.

Children play harmoniously and form wonderful friendships. • The committee and staff have an admirable passion and drive for excellence. This is reflected in superior and exhaustive self-reflection and improvement plans.

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