A WEYMOUTH pre-school is celebrating after being rated as ‘good’ by Ofsted.

Rodwell Pre-school, off Rodwell Avenue, was inspected in January and has been handed the ‘good’ rating.

It was rated as good in all four categories inspected by Ofsted; effectiveness of the leadership and management; quality of teaching, learning and assessment; personal development, behaviour and welfare and outcomes for children.

The report stated: “The management team works very well to include staff in frequently evaluating their practice.

“This supports them effectively to identify and make ongoing improvements. Children benefit from the consistent liaison staff have with other professionals involved in their care and learning.

“Staff target activities to effectively support each child, including those who have special educational needs and/or disabilities.

Staff are friendly and reassuring.

They build strong bonds with children, who gain confidence, settle easily and feel emotionally secure in their care.

“Staff provide an exciting range of purposeful activities that effectively encourage children’s participation and learning through play. Children make good progress.

Children behave well.”

Fiona Chatterton, manager at the pre-school, said: “We’re absolutely elated as we worked really hard for it.

“The management team and all the staff, we’re all a big team, it’s really good.”

The report also stated why the pre-school is not yet rated outstanding.

“Although the staff gather lots of information from parents and children about their likes, dislikes and routines, they do not always gather as much as possible about children’s abilities, to support initial planning more effectively.

Staff occasionally miss opportunities to build on children’s good sense of identity and understanding of similarities and differences between their lives and those of others,” it stated.

The inspectors encouraged the pre-school to gather more detailed information from parents about their child’s developmental starting points to help support staff with the initial planning of activities.