The Park Pre-School

Highlights from Latest Inspection

Summary of key findings for parents

This provision is good • Staff use accurate observations and assessments to review the progress of each child, and promptly identify and support any gaps.

All children, including children with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND) are making good progress, given their starting points. • The manager regularly seeks the views of parents, children and staff, and uses this information to focus on making improvements. Parents say they are very happy with friendly and welcoming staff and that children enjoy coming to the pre-school.

• Staff use a range of effective methods to keep parents well informed of their child's progress. They provide ideas for enjoyable ...activities for parents to continue children's learning at home. • Children are active, enthusiastic and eager to explore, experiment and try new things.

They develop strong independence and self-care skills and have a strong sense of belonging. • The manager does not use highly targeted and focused methods to evaluate staff's practice and ensure that the quality of teaching is continuously improving to the highest level. • Staff do not maximise opportunities to develop children's curiosity, fascination and interest in the world around them.