Stone Cross Pre-School Playgroup

Highlights from Latest Inspection

Summary of key findings for parents

This provision is good • Children's behaviour is exemplary. Highly positive relationships and the excellent level of skill among staff, support children's strong emotional development and self-confidence. • Communication with parents is good.

Parents are pleased with the frequent opportunities provided to discuss their children's learning and progress, and make regular contributions to their assessments. • There are positive partnerships, including the sharing of information relating to children's daily routines, between the staff at the pre-school and others who share the care of children. Staff support children's move to the next phase of their education, ensuring that children... have opportunities to meet new key persons and see their new environment.

They share information about children's learning and progress, this helps to support consistency. • When children start at the pre-school, staff and parents work together to establish children's starting points. From then on, staff observe children as they learn and plan suitable activities to support their progress.

Children make at least good progress. • Staff do not provide children with wide ranging opportunities to extend their already strong knowledge and understanding of cultures beyond their immediate experiences. • Staff do not regularly extend and challenge children in the numerical aspects of mathematics.