Swinton Playgroup

Highlights from Latest Inspection

Summary of key findings for parents

This provision is good • Relationships with parents and other professionals are strong. Staff regularly discuss children's progress and share key information about their development.

They work collaboratively to provide suggestions and activity packs, which help to provide a consistent approach and support children's learning at home. • The management team systematically evaluates the quality of the setting and the service that they provide. The manager regularly seeks feedback from staff, parents and children regarding the quality of the setting.

She includes this information in the self-evaluation process and uses this method to identify any areas to improve. • Childre...n develop very strong relationships with staff and their friends. They delight when staff greet them into the setting and settle quickly as they begin to play with their friends.

• Children are eager and motivated to participate in the activities that staff plan for them. They thoroughly enjoy singing and completing actions to nursery rhymes. Children listen intently and recall key themes in the stories that staff read to them.

They are making good progress towards the early learning goals. • Staff do not consistently allow children enough time to play and explore their own ideas during child-initiated play, for example, before they are asked to tidy play equipment away. • The management team does not have precise enough monitoring systems to help to swiftly identify and address any emerging gaps in children's learning.