Romsey Close Children’s Centre Early Years Service

Highlights from Latest Inspection

Summary of key findings for parents

This provision is good • Staff have developed strong partnerships with parents. They provide parents with good information about their children's care and development and offer good advice and support. For example, they signpost parents to useful clinics at the centre and offer workshops on matters such as toilet training.

• Staff provide good support for children with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND) and those who speak English as an additional language. They offer children one-to-one care where needed and use sign language, which is implemented with all children, to help develop their communication skills. • The setting's developing use of the new monitoring... and assessment system is having a positive impact on children's outcomes.

The manager and staff quickly identify any gaps in children's learning and take prompt action to address these. All children are making good progress in their development. • Staff are kind and caring.

They are good role models and encourage children to play well together and be independent. • Staff place a high priority on ensuring children's health and safety. They implement very robust procedures to help ensure that the needs of children with allergies and/or special dietary requirements are met.

• At times, staff do not organise routine sessions effectively, such as mealtimes, to prevent some children from having to wait too long for their food. • Staff do not always use their good teaching skills and the resources they have available to extend children's learning as much as possible.

information about their children's care and development and offer good advice and

support.

For example, they signpost parents to useful clinics at the centre and offer workshops on matters such as toilet training. • Staff provide good support for children with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND) and those who speak English as an additional language. They offer children one-to-one care where needed and use sign language, which is implemented with all children, to help develop their communication skills.

• The setting's developing use of the new monitoring and assessment system is having a positive impact on children's outcomes. The manager and staff quickly identify any gaps in children's learning and take prompt action to address these. All children are making good progress in their development.

• Staff are kind and caring. They are good role models and encourage children to play well together and be independent. • Staff place a high priority on ensuring children's health and safety.

They implement very robust procedures to help ensure that the needs of children with allergies and/or special dietary requirements are met. • At times, staff do not organise routine sessions effectively, such as mealtimes, to prevent some children from having to wait too long for their food. • Staff do not always use their good teaching skills and the resources they have available to extend children's learning as much as possible.