St Peters Preschool

Highlights from Latest Inspection

Summary of key findings for parents

This provision is good • The leadership and management team understand the importance of self-evaluation and strive for continuous improvement. Leaders and managers work well together to address the recommendations raised at the last inspection. For example, they provide boots and rain jackets for children to be able to access the outdoor area even if it is raining.

• Staff regularly share information with parents about their children's learning and development, and encourage them to support children's learning at home. This helps children make good progress, especially with their communication skills. Parents feel pleased about all aspects of their children's learning.

...They are happy that their children are safe and well looked after. • Staff effectively support children's learning. They observe them and follow their interest to be able to plan activities that will challenge and interest them.

Parents are involved in this process, for example, they stay during the first settling-in sessions and discuss the child's interests and abilities. Children form secure attachments to the key person which helps them to develop emotionally. • Children's healthy lifestyles are well supported.

They have daily opportunities to exercise indoors and outdoors, get fresh air and receive nutritious and balanced snacks. • Children are well prepared for their move to school. They have opportunities to take books home to read with parents as well as they use the school's outdoor area for their learning at time.

This helps them become familiar with school settings. • The arrangements for professional development are not yet very highly focused on staff's individual training needs to continually help raise the quality of teaching and practice. • Staff are not always using effective strategies to help children understand what is expected of them during groups activities.

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