Pavilion Preparatory School and Kindergarten

Highlights from Latest Inspection

What is it like to attend this early years setting?

The provision is good

Children arrive to a warm welcome from kind and nurturing staff. They show they feel safe and secure as they explore the well-resourced environment.

When children need reassurance, staff respond quickly. They provide cuddles and kind words, which helps to build on children's sense of belonging.Staff support children to learn about the wider world and communities beyond their own.

They ensure that the setting is inclusive and diverse. Staff explore different cultures with children and teach them about a range of religious celebrations. For example, children have recently learned about Easter with an event at nursery..../>
Parents and children made Easter bonnets for a parade, took part in an egg hunt and had a special Easter tea party. Parents appreciate staff's involvement in religious celebrations, such as Eid.All staff are attentive and are good role models.

They have high expectations. Children understand these expectations and demonstrate excellent manners and behaviour. Staff encourage children to develop their social skills.

For example, they demonstrate how to take turns. Staff praise children when they are kind and considerate to others. They involve older children in day-to-day jobs, such as clearing away and setting up for mealtimes.

This helps children to feel confident and develops their self-esteem.

What does the early years setting do well and what does it need to do better?

Children make good progress in their development. Staff sequence the curriculum to build on what children already know.

For example, they teach children that bees make honey by collecting nectar from flowers. Children build a bug hotel so that they can explore minibeasts in the garden. Their literacy skills develop well.

Staff display inviting books across all rooms and encourage children's love for books.Parents speak highly of the setting and many families have had older siblings who attend. They say their children really enjoy attending.

Parents spoke to the inspector about the great relationship their children have with their key person and how helpful leaders are. Parents receive feedback about their child in everyday activities and their overall development.All staff establish secure and trusting relationships with children.

This helps all children to settle quickly into the setting. Children enjoy the positive interactions with staff. They enjoy plenty of opportunities to be physically active and enjoy a range of nutritious food.

Children become more independent. For example, they carefully pour their drinks from a jug at mealtimes and put on their coats and boots to go into the garden.The knowledgeable special educational needs coordinator knows children's needs well.

She ensures that any concerns are brought to the attention of parents quickly and puts strategies in place straight away. This ensures that gaps in children's development close quickly. Staff support children who speak English as an additional language from the very start.

They learn key phrases in children's home languages and use visual aids to help them to understand what is happening next.Staff support children's communication and language development well. They provide running commentaries during activities.

Staff allow children ample time to respond to questions and broaden their vocabulary by introducing new words to the conversation. For example, staff introduce the word 'antenna' when exploring minibeasts with the older children. Staff in the toddler room encourage children to identify farm animals and the sounds they make.

They use Makaton signs to support babies' early language.Older children enjoy a range of opportunities to use their imagination and creativity. For example, staff provide children with paints, stones, paper and cardboard to create minibeasts.

Outside, children take part in sand and water play. However, staff provide fewer opportunities for the youngest children to express high levels of creativity and imagination, such as through sensory and creative activities.Staff receive the mandatory training they need.

There is a culture of evaluating and sharing new ideas. For example, staff share information from training they have attended with the team and support them when introducing strategies, such as the introduction of Makaton. However, some staff's professional development is not always fully focused on consistently enhancing their knowledge and practice to a higher level.

Safeguarding

The arrangements for safeguarding are effective.There is an open and positive culture around safeguarding that puts children's interests first.

What does the setting need to do to improve?

To further improve the quality of the early years provision, the provider should: support staff to extend opportunities for younger children to develop higher levels of imagination, exploration and creativity develop opportunities to extend staff's knowledge and practice to an even higher level.