Sinfin Community Childcare

Highlights from Latest Inspection

Summary of key findings for parents

This provision is good • Members of the strong management team are well qualified and very knowledgeable.

They use their expertise to run the pre-school effectively and strive to maintain good standards. They take into consideration the views of staff, parents and children. • Staff are caring and take the time to get to know all children and families.

Children settle well and show high levels of confidence and self-esteem. Children show that they feel safe and secure and enjoy their time at pre-school. • Partnerships with parents and other professionals are well established.

Staff gather useful information from parents when children start at the pre-school. They... regularly inform parents about their children's development through daily conversations. Parents feel included, valued and involved in all areas of their child's development.

• Staff provide a well-resourced and stimulating environment. They provide activities that follow children's interests. All children make good progress in relation to their different starting points in learning.

This includes children with special educational needs and/or disabilities and children who speak English as an additional language. • Staff are good role models for behaviour. They provide consistent guidance about rules and help children to understand how their actions may affect the feelings of others.

Children's behaviour is good. They play together harmoniously and are polite. Children learn to share and take turns.

Staff support children's social development well. • Occasionally, staff do not make good use of opportunities to encourage children to develop their early writing skills. • Staff sometimes miss opportunities to extend and provide extra challenge for older children's learning and development to support their good progress further.