Baildon Village Preschool

Philosophy: The ambitious curriculum challenges children to learn more and staff plan activities that appeal to children's interests.

Activities: Children are keen to get involved in a wide range of experiences, such as making crowns and pretending to walk through the jungle.

Skills , Knowledge and Behavior: Activities are consistently well supported by enthusiastic and animated staff who make learning joyful. Children successfully build on their skills at the pre-school and are well prepared for later learning.

Communication: Parents have detailed knowledge about what their children learn at the pre-school and welcome support and ideas from staff that help them to extend their children's learning at home.

Welcoming and Professional Staff: Parents say that they love the 'calm and welcoming' pre-school, consistently describing staff as nurturing.

Safeguarding Training: Staff training is frequent and bespoke to their needs, helping to extend their already good knowledge of safeguarding.

Play and Learning Integration: Staff observe children at play to find out what they already know and can do, then tailor their teaching to help children to build on their knowledge and skills.

Transition to Primary School: Staff actively support listening and attention skills to help prepare children for moving on to school.

Child Safety Management: Managers ensure that activities that are higher risk, such as using scissors and activities with small components, are closely supervised at all times.

Happiness and Settling: Children benefit from close relationships with familiar staff and show that they feel happy and safe.

Nutritional Menu: Staff teach children about how their bodies work and the importance of nutritious food and exercise.