Little Owls Pre-School

Activities: Staff always use children's interests and identified next steps in learning to plan the activities. This results in children being excited and enthusiastic to take part.

Skills , Knowledge and Behavior: Children make rapid progress from their individual starting points. They develop independence, confidence and make friendships.

Communication: Parents are extremely happy with the pre-school. They comment about how wonderfully supportive the staff are, helping them to settle their children.

Programs and Resources: Children who have special educational needs and/or disabilities are supported exceptionally well. Staff provide one-to-one supervision as required.

Staff Training: The pre-school makes highly effective use of extra funding to help children attend and make the best progress they can.

Welcoming and Professional Staff: The well-established and highly experienced staff team work exceptionally well together, with the children and their parents.

Safeguarding Training: The arrangements for safeguarding are effective. The management team have established robust systems for recruitment and ongoing checks on staff's suitability.

Play and Learning Integration: Children's learning is significantly increased through the staff's highly positive involvement during stories for example. Children become enthralled, eagerly joining in.

Transition to Primary School: These are skills that help them be very well-prepared for starting school when the time comes.

Child Safety Management: Children's safety is given the highest priority. They are very well supervised and are supported by staff to learn about the potential risks involved in their play.

Children's Safety and Security: Children very clearly demonstrate that they feel happy and relaxed in the pre-school. They are very confident, self-assured and they develop secure attachments to the staff.

Teaching Personal Safety: They are very confident, self-assured and they develop secure attachments to the staff, initiating conversations and enjoying jokes together.

Happiness and Settling: Parents are extremely happy with the pre-school. They comment about how wonderfully supportive the staff are, helping them to settle their children.