All Saints Inter-Church Academy Pre-School

Highlights from Latest Inspection

Summary of key findings for parents

The provision is good • Monitoring procedures are highly effective in tracking children's progress and identifying areas where individuals or groups of children need more support. Interventions are well planned and successfully promote children's learning and development.

• The standard of teaching is good. Staff get to know children quickly and prepare stimulating learning activities to capture their interest. Group times are used effectively to help children listen carefully to different sounds, such as clapping hands and stamping feet.

They join in readily and enjoy singing familiar songs to accompany their actions. • Self-evaluation is embedded in practice and helps ...to develop well-focused action plans for improvement. The thoughts and ideas of all involved with the pre-school are actively sought and these contribute well to ensuring good outcomes for all children.

• Partnerships with parents are especially strong. Staff value parents' opinions and knowledge of what children know and can do prior to starting. Information is regularly shared about children's progress along with ideas of how to support learning at home.

Parents are delighted with how children settle at pre-school and how much they enjoy attending. • Children's literacy skills are promoted well. Staff provide many opportunities for children to make marks and enjoy reading books.

Children see plenty of examples of text in their environment and staff model writing as they play alongside children. Unsurprisingly, children soon follow suit and practise writing their name or adding words to lists. It is not yet outstanding because: • On occasions, children have too few opportunities to investigate resources freely according to their own interests or ideas.

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