A TADLEY pre-school has maintained it’s ‘good’ reputation following an inspection from the education watchdog.

Ofsted inspectors visited Tadley Under Fives Pre-school, based at Tadley Community Centre in Newchurch Road, on April 27 this year.

As a result of the visit, the inspector has rated the school as ‘good’ with the way staff help children with personal development, behaviour and welfare lauded as ‘outstanding’.

Inspector Heather Rushton found that staff at the pre-school helped the children who attend to develop ‘exceptionally positive’ attitudes to learning.

The report read: “All children are emotionally very secure.

“They are extremely happy, confident and respond exceptionally well to the calm, ordered expectations from the staff. Staff help children to develop exceptional physical skills.

“Children are actively learning how to respect the views of others. For example, staff provide activities for children to vote to choose between physical activities or singing.”

Tadley Under Fives operates each weekday from 9am to 3pm, during term time only. The pre-school employs six members of staff while four members of staff hold an early year’s qualification up to Level 3.

The pre-school currently has 30 pupils on its roll, aged between two and five-years-old.

During the visit the inspector found that staff at the pre-school hold all the students to the highest possible standard.

In the report it adds: “The majority of staff have very high expectations of what each child can do. This helps key persons to extend the development of children in their care. For example, when staff play with the children in the café, they use and extend children’s ideas.

“They know when to watch and when to provide interesting challenges to support children to deepen their knowledge and understanding.

“All children gain good self-help skills. Children share and include others in their play. They learn to respect and wonder at the natural world.”

However, there are still areas in which the pre-school needs to show improvement if it is to be rated as an ‘outstanding’ facility.

The inspector said that “more structure to the observations of staff practice and more regular supervision to enhance the quality of teaching” is needed along with “more opportunities for parents to provide consistent evidence of what children know and can do at home.”