Wormley Pre-school

Highlights from Latest Inspection

Summary of key findings for parents

This provision is good • Staff are kind, caring and respond positively to children. They provide a welcoming and supportive environment, and children demonstrate that they are happy, confident learners. They form strong bonds with staff and settle quickly at the pre-school.

• Staff place a high priority on developing children's speech and language skills. They engage children in conversation and give them time to express their thoughts and ideas. They ask questions to help children think, and encourage them to contribute to stories and songs.

• Staff develop very good relationships with parents. They regularly exchange information with them and keep them fully informed a...bout their children's care and progress. They are supported to extend children's learning at home, which contributes to the good progress children make.

• Additional funding is used successfully to improve outcomes for individual children. For example, they have many opportunities to learn about the natural world. Staff help them to understand about growth and change, such as planting flowers in the garden and watching them grow.

• The pre-school has strong links with the host school. They share information with the teachers to promote continuity in care and learning. Children become familiar with the environment as they have the opportunity to play in the school grounds and take part in activities in the school hall.

This supports them when they go to school. • The supervision of staff is not regular enough to be a fully effective aid to monitoring, supporting and improving their practice. • Staff do not have frequent opportunities to share their skills and reflect on their own and each other's practice.

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