Learning Stars Preschool

"Teachers work together to plan good quality learning programmes based on children's identified interests and learning needs. They work alongside children, guiding and supporting their learning effectively. Teachers are increasingly skilled in noticing, recognising and responding to children's emerging interests, and they build on children's earlier learning well. Literacy and numeracy are very well integrated into other learning areas and within the context of children's play."

Effective planning and teaching, though opportunities to extend further identified.

"Children and their families experience a welcoming and inclusive environment. Children settle well at the start of their day. They are trusting with their teachers and comfortable in the centre environment. Older children have many opportunities to visit and play with babies and toddlers. They are very caring towards each other and their younger friends."

Strong sense of belonging, welcoming environment, positive peer relationships evident.

"Regular communication with parents ensures that teachers follow home routines and respond to parent preferences. Teachers follow and respond well to children's dispositions and ideas about the world. They also respond well to the aspirations that parents have for their children and are sensitive to families' needs."

Regular communication and responsiveness to family preferences and aspirations demonstrated.

"The centre is well led and governed. The centre manager is collaborative and improvement focused. Teachers value professional learning opportunities, including the use of research, to improve their practice. The centre's philosophy is evident in practice. It is well aligned to the centre's strategic planning and internal evaluation, and teachers' professional learning and appraisal processes. Internal evaluation is very well understood and used as a tool for ongoing improvement."

Collaborative leadership, strategic alignment, strong professional learning culture established.