Welcome

CANDOVER VALLEY PRE-SCHOOL    

"Nurturing children to build a secure foundation for their learning and well-being in partnership with their families"

Located in the heart of the beautiful Candover Valley, Candover Valley Pre-School has been established for over 30 years, moving into the school building 22 years ago.  Candover Valley Pre-School offers day-care Monday – Friday for Pre-School children from 2 years.  

Candover Valley Pre-School is a registered charity run by an elected committee of parents.  Major decision-making is in the hands of the parents who use the pre-school. We are an equal opportunities pre-school and affiliated with the Pre-school Learning Alliance. We are registered with Hampshire County Council Services for Young Children and with Ofsted. Our last three Ofsted inspections in 2007, 2010 and 2015 were graded Outstanding.  CVP children progress to a number of local primary and independent schools.

 OFSTED                  

CVP was awarded a consecutive Outstanding rating by Ofsted in January 2020, here is a summary of the most recent report.

"Overall the quality of the provision is Outstanding"

"Staff are warm and caring. They have very high expectations for all children attending. Staff have extremely clear intentions for their planning, which focuses highly on language and communication, literacy and mathematics and school readiness. Staff teaching is consistently of an exemplary standard. Staff interact purposefully with children and are extremely confident to build on what children already know and what they can do. Children demonstrate positive attitudes to their learning. They engage very well and are extremely motivated to learn. Children show that they are happy to attend. Parents comment that their children are very keen to tell them about the day at pre-school and what they have been doing. Children behave impeccably at all times".

"Staff place a high importance on helping all children acquire very good listening and attention skills. They use tried and tested strategies to thoroughly promote the ways that children form sounds by accurately using the correct movements of their mouth and tongue. Children are attentive and resilient. They show self-control as they follow a staff member's direction and guidance to achieve the sounds by altering the shapes of their mouths. Staff work in partnership with parents to support children's early understanding of sounds and letters, for example, by practising sounds of the week when at home. Children are extremely keen to demonstrate their knowledge during small group times and very confidently identify sounds and the letters they represent".

To see a copy of of our recent Ofsted inspection, please click on the link below.