Splash and Dash Pre-School Playgroup

Highlights from Latest Inspection

Summary of key findings for parents

This provision is outstanding • The manager has the highest aspirations for the care and education of all children. She builds a superb team that has enabled her to raise standards to the highest level. • Staff have a comprehensive knowledge of what children know and can do.

They make excellent use of their regular and precise assessments of children's learning to plan a wide variety of challenging activities. This helps children to make rapid developmental progress given their starting points. • Children are superb problem solvers and consistently persevere with their tasks.

This is because staff give children the time to think and know when best to intervene, which kee...ps children motivated to learn. • Staff focus sharply on helping children to manage their feelings in different situations. Children, particularly the older ones, show very mature social and emotional skills.

• Staff work very closely with parents and grandparents. They provide them with plenty of information from the outset which supports continuity in children's care, learning and development. Parents find that staff are 'extremely accommodating' and compliment the service that they and their children receive.

• Staff give children the skills to identify and manage age-appropriate risks. They do this in different ways, for example, by appointing a 'little inspector' to assist them in checking the premises. Children develop a great sense of responsibility, and learn to keep themselves and others around them safe.