Smilers

Highlights from Latest Inspection

Summary of key findings for parents

This provision is good • Staff establish positive relationships with children and get to know their individual personalities well. Children have a good sense of belonging and positive well-being. • Staff support all children to make good progress, including those with special educational needs and/or disabilities.

For example, they regularly share effective strategies and ideas with outside agencies and specialists. • Children gain good skills to support their future learning. For example, they are independent in their own play and find their own belongings with confidence.

• Children of all ages have good opportunities to develop their physical skills. For instance, the...y explore different ways that they can move their bodies in regular yoga and football sessions. • The manager and staff review their practice together effectively.

They regularly observe each other, interact with children and provide helpful feedback. Staff use their findings to support their future performance in order to help keep children motivated to learn. • Staff establish positive relationships with parents and keep them fully involved in their children's learning.

For example, staff encourage them to regularly share their children's achievements from home and add to their assessments. • Staff do not consistently support children to develop their skills and interest in early writing, to help prepare them for their eventual move to school even further. • Staff do not build on ways to support children of all ages to develop their communication and language skills more consistently.