St Andrews Pre-school

Highlights from Latest Inspection

Summary of key findings for parents

This provision is outstanding • The manager is passionate and dedicated in her role.

She takes great care to implement a range of policies and procedures which promote children's safety, welfare and learning at a very high level. • The well-qualified and enthusiastic team displays exceptional teaching skills. They give children time to explore and practise new skills, build confidence in their abilities and fuel their own passion for learning.

• The manager monitors children's progress exceptionally well. This allows her to identify children who may need additional support. She offers expert guidance for staff on how to target teaching to help children catch up.

...>• Partnerships with parents are highly successful. Staff involve parents in all aspects of their children's learning. They value parents' contributions highly, and regularly discuss children's interests and next steps.

• Staff interact successfully with children and are very skilled in supporting them to gain excellent communication and language skills. For example, children benefit from small-group activities with their key person, to help develop skills such as listening and attention. • Staff are extremely skilled and sensitive in helping children of all ages form special bonds with their key person.

Children are exceptionally happy, secure and independently explore the environment. • All children, including those who need additional support, make exceptional progress in their learning and development from their starting points. They thrive in the highly stimulating environment and are very motivated and eager to learn.