The Learning Tree Pre School

Highlights from Latest Inspection

Summary of key findings for parents

The provision is good • The manager takes effective steps to raise standards and uses the views of others to reflect on and improve practice. She regularly monitors the quality of teaching and ensures that staff receive appropriate training to support children in their learning.

• Staff regularly observe and assess children's learning. They plan activities that reflect children's interests and build on what they need to learn next. Two-year-olds show high levels of interest in washing the cars that they are playing with.

Staff successfully encourage them to use words and simple sentences to describe the cars. • Staff promote children's good communication and language ski...lls. They encourage younger children to repeat words back to them to help increase their vocabulary.

They ask a range of challenging questions to support children's imaginative play when they use sand to make 'cakes' and 'biscuits'. • Staff form effective partnerships with a range of professionals. They work closely together to provide consistent care and support for children.

This is particularly evident for those children who have special educational needs and/or disabilities. It is not yet outstanding because: • On occasions, opportunities are missed to support toddlers to learn to manage their own feelings and behaviour. • Opportunities for staff to reflect upon and share best practice across the team are not yet fully embedded.

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