Towntree Pre-school Ltd

Highlights from Latest Inspection

Summary of key findings for parents

This provision is good • The manager and staff monitor children's learning and development well and track children's progress closely to recognise what they need to learn next. They use this information effectively to plan activities that help focus the children's learning. • The quality of teaching is good.

Staff use their skills to support children's learning well. This is particularly effective in developing children's early literacy skills. All children, including those who may require extra support, make good progress from their starting points.

• Children are extremely confident and take pleasure in guiding their own learning. Their confidence is expertly promoted ...by key persons who spend valuable time developing their knowledge about individual children's needs. • Staff have strong links other professionals.

They seek advice from specialist professionals, as and when necessary, to help support children. This promotes a collaborative approach to meet the individual emotional needs of children. • The provider uses effective self-evaluation methods, such as questionnaires for parents, to help identify both strengths and aspects of the pre-school to develop further.

This helps her to continue improving outcomes for children. • While the quality of teaching is good, monitoring of staff practice is not yet strong enough to help individual staff members to raise the quality of practice to an even higher level. • Staff do not routinely share detailed information with other settings that children also attend, in order to enable them to promote continuity of learning.

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