Play Place Little Angels

Activities: Staff are creative and provide children with rich and exciting learning experiences. They offer children hands-on activities to bring learning to life. For example, they provided fresh bread for the role-play bakery, and filled the room with leaves to celebrate Autumn.

Skills , Knowledge and Behavior: Children show high levels of concentration and persistence in mastering new skills.

Communication: Partnerships with parents are extremely strong. The role of the key person is effective in developing relationships and sharing children's progress.

Community Building: Parents and children talk about these experiences as being 'wow' moments that grab children's imaginations.

Programs and Resources: Children with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND) are extremely well supported and make excellent progress.

Staff Training: Effective plans are developed in partnership with parents and other agencies such as speech and language, paediatricians and the local authority. Early identification of needs and careful planning mean these children make excellent progress.

Welcoming and Professional Staff: Staff are extremely well tuned-in to the needs of the children. Their calm and confident approach helps children to solve problems.

Safeguarding Training: All staff take part in regular safeguarding training, including the 'Prevent' duty.

Play and Learning Integration: Staff use exemplary questioning and problem-solving techniques to support children's learning. Children make exceptional progress.

Diversity Management: Children have regular opportunities to learn about different cultures and celebrations in ways that are meaningful to them.

Child Safety Management: Suitable risk assessments are carried out to ensure that children's safety is not compromised both on and off site.

Children's Safety and Security: The setting is safe and secure.

Happiness and Settling: Children are curious, confident and thrive at the setting.