The Salvation Army Little Eden

Activities: Staff use additional funding to support children's individual learning needs effectively. For example, they purchase additional equipment to develop their interest in technology.

Skills , Knowledge and Behavior: Children gain good early writing skills to support their future learning. For instance, they confidently write their names and give meaning to marks they make.

Communication: Staff maintain positive relationships with parents and keep them informed of early years initiatives, such as healthy eating programmes.

Community Building: Staff establish positive partnerships with other early years professionals.

Programs and Resources: The manager and staff closely monitor children's progress. This helps them to quickly identify any gaps in children's development. Staff provide children with good individual support to help them catch up in their learning and make good progress.

Staff Training: The manager closely monitors the quality of care and teaching that staff provide. For example, staff have one-to-one performance meetings and highlight any training needs.

Welcoming and Professional Staff: Staff establish positive relationships with children. Children settle quickly and happily into their play. Children have a positive sense of well-being and feel they belong.

Safeguarding Training: Safeguarding is effective. All staff have a good understanding of the safeguarding procedures to follow to help protect children's safety and welfare, including knowing who to contact to seek advice or report concerns.

Play and Learning Integration: Staff skilfully support children to prepare for school. For instance, children develop good independence and choose their own play with confidence.

Transition to Primary School: Staff skilfully support children to prepare for school. For instance, children develop good independence and choose their own play with confidence.

Diversity Management: Children gain good respect and understanding of other people's similarities and differences in the wider world. For example, they celebrate events traditional to other countries and taste food from around the world.

Child Safety Management: The inspector observed staff interactions with children.

Children's Safety and Security: Children have a positive sense of well-being and feel they belong.

Happiness and Settling: Staff establish positive relationships with children. Children settle quickly and happily into their play.

Nutritional Menu: Staff maintain positive relationships with parents and keep them informed of early years initiatives, such as healthy eating programmes.