Acorn Playgroup

Highlights from Latest Inspection

Summary of key findings for parents

This provision is good • Children are happy and secure in the setting.

Staff know the children well and have created strong attachments with them. • Children make good progress in their learning and development. They acquire the knowledge and skills they need to succeed in their future learning, including when they move to school.

• The manager is dedicated to children's success, and evaluates the quality of the provision well. She takes account and acts on the views of staff, parents and children to improve outcomes for children. • Children are independent and curious learners.

They have many opportunities to lead their own play and explore their ideas in the w...ell-resourced and stimulating environment. They develop high levels of confidence and self-esteem. • Children arrive eager to learn and are happy and settled.

A strong key-person system helps children to form secure attachments with staff. Children are confident to ask for help and share ideas. Staff model language well and extend children's vocabulary by asking questions and instigating discussions.

• Children are given many opportunities to develop their mark-making skills. They attempt to write their own names and recognise different letters and sounds. • Although effective overall, the tracking of children's progress is not routinely precise enough to identify emerging gaps in learning and development at the earliest opportunity.