A PRE-SCHOOL has been told to make improvements after concerns were raised about a risk assessment programme.

Brierfield Pre-School dropped one grade to ‘requires improvement’ by Ofsted following an inspection.

Inspector Linda Shore said the pre-school, which is based in Brierfield Community Centre in Colne Road, has not ‘ensured that the risk assessment programme takes account of the potential risks associated with the only first-aid qualified member of staff being absent’.

She said: “Staff do not always support children’s learning well enough. Staff observe and assess children’s stage of development and know children’s interests well however, they do not always use the information from these assessments well enough to plan and build on children’s individual learning needs.

“As a result, activities do not always challenge children enough to make good progress.”

She said weaknesses in leadership and management mean that children’s safety cannot aways be assured.

However she said children are happy and engaged in activities, staff know children well and parents comment positively about the care and learning activities their children experience.

Although there are weaknesses in the quality of teaching, children are learning some of the skills they will need to prepare them for their eventual move to school, she added.