Sunshine Pre-school Exmouth Ltd

Highlights from Latest Inspection

Summary of key findings for parents

This provision is good • Good self-evaluation and ambitious targets are driving improvement and raising the quality of care and education for children. • The manager and her team show strong pride in their roles and are passionate about providing high standards of care and learning for children. They work together to ensure that all children, including those with special educational needs and/or disabilities, progress from their starting points are making good progress.

• Parents are highly complimentary of the pre-school. They are thrilled with the enjoyment their children show at attending and the progress they make. Parents comment that 'it is like a second family here'.
<...br/>• Staff have a strong understanding of how to meet children's individual needs. They actively promote equality and diversity. For example, they use opportunities talk to children who make comments about the 'blue suncream' to develop their understanding of tolerance and differences.

• Staff provide sharply focused group activities to support children's literacy skills. For instance, children keenly engage in a 'rhyming rhino' game and work together to find the prop to finish the rhyme. • Staff support children's resilience and well-being extremely well.

For example, they have designed a 'positivitree' which celebrates the achievements of children and staff, for everyone who visits the setting to see. • Occasionally, staff do not give children sufficient time to think and respond to questions they ask before they move on to the next question. • Sometimes, the routines of the day do not make maximum use of all areas of the setting, such as the garden.