SPINNEY Pre-School has been praised after a recent inspection by Ofsted.

The government education watchdog came to the school which is based within Cooks Spinney School near The Stow on June 7th, 2018.

The report states

The manager gathers the views and thoughts of staff and parents when evaluating the overall effectiveness of the pre-school. Recent changes provide children with more opportunities to develop their literacy skills outdoors.

Staff visit children and families in their home prior to starting at the pre-school. This helps staff to find out about children’s interests and for children to become familiar with staff before they start. Staff value the effectiveness of these visits in supporting children’s emotional well-being.

Staff closely observe and monitor children’s learning. This helps them to identify what children need to learn next. Children make good progress in their development.

The manager supports her staff well. She works alongside them and provides supervision and appraisal meetings to enable staff to reflect on their practice. Staff attend training to help them support children who have special educational needs and/or disabilities.