Pre-School Learning Alliance New Woods Childcare

Highlights from Latest Inspection

Summary of key findings for parents

This provision is good • The manager and staff offer a very good level of support for children with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND). They work closely with parents and other professionals to put support plans in place. • Staff promote children's emotional well-being effectively.

When children move on to school, staff take them for visits and stay with some children. Children feel emotionally secure when they are with a familiar adult. • The manager works well with other nurseries and schools children also attend.

She speaks to teachers regularly about children's achievements. This promotes consistency in the learning experiences children receive. • T...he manager works well with other agencies to promote children's safety.

Together, they help parents to promote children's positive behaviour at home. • Children make very good progress in their speaking skills. Staff place a high priority on supporting this aspect of development.

They show children pictures to represent the words they use. This is particularly effective for children who speak English as an additional language. Children develop their understanding of English words.

• Occasionally, staff do not make full use of the questions they ask children to extend their thinking skills and ideas further. • Staff observe and assess individual children's progress. However, the manager does not consistently track the progress made by groups of children to enable her to identify how to extend their learning further.

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