St Nicholas Pre School

Highlights from Latest Inspection

Summary of key findings for parents

This provision is good • Key-person systems are effective.

Staff know the children well and they use successful procedures to assess and monitor children's development. All children make good progress from their starting points. • Leaders and staff have developed good partnerships with parents.

Staff work closely with parents to keep them informed about their children's learning. Children benefit from consistent experiences at home and in the setting. • The leader and staff work well as a team.

They reflect on their practice to make changes that benefit children. For example, they are currently in the early stages of developing the new garden area. • Staff are p...ositive role models.

They support children to learn to share and to play cooperatively with their peers. All children behave well. • Children learn to be independent at managing age-appropriate tasks.

For instance, they confidently prepare themselves to go outside and take the lead on clearing up when they drop food at lunchtime. • Leaders and staff do not make good use of their partnerships with parents, to involve parents in reflecting on and evaluating the service being provided. • Staff do not make the best use of their monitoring procedures to target planning for children's individual learning needs, to help all children make the best possible progress in their learning.

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