Aspley Guise Pre-School

Highlights from Latest Inspection

Summary of key findings for parents

This provision is good Staff and committee members work effectively together to support the pre-school's ongoing success. The committee members are knowledgeable and highly motivated. They lead the pre-school with a sense of enthusiasm and support the staff team well.

Staff use effective ways to exchange information with parents. For example, children take a teddy bear home and parents record his activities in a book. Children then talk about this with staff and their friends on their return to pre-school.

This contributes towards staff getting to know about children and their home lives. Children develop into confident talkers. Staff model language well and ask probing ...questions that give children a chance to think.

They use creative ways to initiate conversations with their key children, such as sharing photographs of themselves as children. Children have high levels of emotional intelligence. They can read the feelings and emotions of others.

During story time, children show empathy for the characters. As they play, children are considerate towards others and their feelings. Children learn about the world around them.

They learn about different festivals and people who have differing needs to their own. It is not yet outstanding because: The exchanging of information with other settings that children attend is not sharply focused so that all children's ongoing development is very well known. Staff do not currently find out information about the progress of different groups of children to fine tune their support and planning for children.

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