Southwater Village Hall Pre-School

Highlights from Latest Inspection

Summary of key findings for parents

This provision is good • Staff prepare children well for their future learning. They give children good opportunities to develop early numeracy and literacy skills. For example, they teach children the appropriate language for comparing numbers and how to solve simple number problems.

Children learn how to pronounce letter sounds and show good control of writing tools in preparation for future writing. • Managers work in close partnership with other professionals to provide children and their families with additional support for both their leaning and their well-being. They maintain strong partnerships with other providers of the early years foundation stage, including childminde...rs, to ensure continuity for children and to help staff fully understand the progress children make.

• Parents feel well informed about how their children are progressing and know how they can further continue children's learning at home. Parents receive good support in providing for children's well-being, including when they teach children how to manage their own personal hygiene. • Children, including those with special educational needs, make good progress from their starting points.

Where children achieve the typical outcomes for their ages, staff offer them well-planned challenges to move them on further. • Staff promote positive behaviour very well. They ensure children understand the rules and routines that they follow and the reasons for this.

For example, children know the signs that are used to show they can not enter an area and recognise why. • The manager does not make effective use of performance management systems to support staff to build on and improve their good teaching skills. • Staff do not consistently act on opportunities to support children to manage tasks independently.