Managers at a Weymouth preschool are celebrating after they were praised in a recent Ofsted inspection.

Humpty’s House Pre-School, at Southill Primary School in Weymouth, received a clean sweep during an Ofsted inspection last month, receiving a 'good' rating in every inspection category.

During the inspection, an inspector observed activities and the quality of teaching indoors and outdoors and spoke to staff, parents and children.

The inspector also checked safeguarding information, held a meeting with the owner and manager, and sampled documentation.

An inspector praised bosses during an inspection last month and said the manager and deputy were effective role models to help staff provide good-quality teaching.

The report said children at the school behave well, have good relationships and gain a positive awareness of each other's differences.

It added, staff encourage children to be as independent as possible and to be proud of their achievements.

Staff were also praised for their strong partnerships with parents and seek good information to enable them to plan and motivate children right from the start.

Pre-school owner, Lyn Beadnell-Smith said her and the team were very pleased with the outcome.

"For us, it's a nice result, in particular because the inspector was very experienced and had done the job herself for many years so understands what we are facing," she said.

Mrs Beadnell-Smith said the pre-school currently had approximately 50 children on the books, plus six members of staff and one volunteer.

She added the team at Humpty's was 'paramount' to the successful inspection.

"The girls have worked very hard to achieve what Ofsted want. They work as a team and that team is phenomenal. They put the extra effort in and there's continuity in the system," she said.

Mrs Beadnell-Smith said she was particularly pleased the inspector had picked up on the value of her management team.

"If you have strong management, it cascades down through the system," she said.

The report said the school had yet achieved an 'outstanding' result as staff do not consistently encourage older children to learn about assessing risks and managing their own safety and some opportunities were missed to use boys' interests to help develop their writing skills.

But Mrs Beadnell-Smith said the team had stepped up their game and were not a group to 'rest on their laurels.'

"We continue to go from strength to strength," she said.