Auntie Steph’s Playgroup

Highlights from Latest Inspection

Summary of key findings for parents

The provision is outstanding • The manager is highly motivated and passionate in her drive to improve attainment and achieve excellent standards for children's care and learning. • The monitoring of staff practice is extremely rigorous. This helps to continually raise the quality of teaching interactions with children.

• Experienced, enthusiastic staff are highly skilled at making learning exciting and motivating. They expertly support children to make their own choices and access a variety of resources. • Staff place a very strong emphasis on supporting children's communication and language abilities.

They work extremely closely with other professionals to help ensure t...hat all children acquire superb listening, attention and vocabulary skills. • Partnerships with parents are highly effective. Parents are actively involved in all aspects of their child's learning and development.

They receive high-quality information about supporting their child's learning at home. Parents are extremely complimentary about the playgroup and the dedicated staff team. • Children are extremely happy and settled in the playgroup.

Staff establish secure attachments with children from the start. They are sensitive, caring and highly skilled at recognising and supporting children's individual needs. • There are superb opportunities for children to develop their physical skills, such as playing ball games, climbing, sliding, digging, and building.

Children grow immensely in confidence and demonstrate a real thirst for learning. • Staff are excellent role models for children. They provide plenty of support and give praise to promote children's self-esteem.

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