Hilltop Children's Centre Pre-School

Activities: They benefit from a carefully considered curriculum that places a strong focus on their communication and language skills. Children enjoy small-group music activities.

Skills , Knowledge and Behavior: Older children develop good early writing skills. They make marks, draw pictures and write the letters of their name on note paper.

Communication: Staff use an online system, alongside verbal feedback, to share information about children's learning and development. They support parents with children's learning at home.

Community Building: Staff complete home visits and spend time with children and their families in their own home. This helps to develop a trustworthy bond.

Programs and Resources: Additional funding is used effectively to meet the needs of the children it is allocated to. All children, including those with SEND and those that speak English as an additional language, make good progress in their learning.

Welcoming and Professional Staff: Children arrive happy and form good relationships with staff who support them to feel safe and secure.

Safeguarding Training: Leaders ensure that all staff receive safeguarding training during their induction period. This is updated regularly to keep their knowledge current.

Play and Learning Integration: Children lead their own play and learning. They use drums and shakers to tap out the beat.

Child Safety Management: The premises are kept secure and well maintained. Staff regularly check the environment to reduce and minimise potential hazards.

Children's Safety and Security: Children arrive happy and form good relationships with staff who support them to feel safe and secure.

Happiness and Settling: Parents state their children thrive following the setting's routine and that they feel safe and settled.