Cygnets Pre-School and Breakfast Club

In October 2024, magnetic shapes, a trapeze and a sensory room gave Cygnets Pre-School and Breakfast Club a recognisable character: practical discovery sat alongside space to pause. Based at Hampton Children's Centre in Hampton Hargate, it has capacity for 66 children.

At its October 2024 inspection, Ofsted rated Cygnets Outstanding, judged safeguarding effective and found exceptional support for children with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND). Children attending then were aged two to five. Those findings give families a strong starting point, while the detail beneath the grade explains what mattered in children's day.

The early years foundation stage sets the requirements for children's learning, development and care. Here, the October 2024 examples show how play brought those strands together: investigating magnetic shapes introduced scientific vocabulary, while garden activities required children to negotiate turns.

In October 2024, staff used a words of the week board to introduce vocabulary to older children, then created opportunities to use it during play. Younger children joined songs, movement rhymes and storytelling. Adults responded to gestures as well as speech, giving children different ways to participate.

Outdoor learning had a physical dimension. In October 2024, older children used the trapeze to build strength, while younger children practised pouring sand. Autumn objects and guttering became an investigation into rolling, with turn-taking woven into the activity. These were concrete experiences rather than separate lessons about movement or cooperation.

At the October 2024 inspection, Ofsted found that the key-person arrangements enabled precise assessment and early identification of additional needs, with individually planned support helping children make progress. In October 2024, staff agreed manageable targets with parents and revisited them regularly; families could also meet others with experience of SEND and receive help connecting with relevant professionals.

The sensory room offered somewhere to regain calm in October 2024, helping children return to activities when ready. Personalised care therefore included adjustments to the environment as well as to learning tasks.

Health and family participation also had practical expression. In October 2024, children practised toothbrushing and explored why it mattered through pretend dinosaur teeth in the sand. Staff had also introduced local library sessions for children and families, connecting literacy activities with parents' involvement.

The address is Hampton Children's Centre, Hargate Way, Hampton Hargate, PE7 8BZ.

In October 2024, attendance ran on weekdays during term time. The session windows were 8.40am to 11.40am and 12.10pm to 3.10pm, with lunch club between 11.40am and 12.10pm. This was a timetable built around separate parts of the day, with a lunchtime bridge between them.

In October 2024, Cygnets provided funded early education for children aged two, three and four. That participation belongs to the same dated picture as the timetable.

• Term-time planning. The October 2024 timetable combined two session windows with lunch club. Which current attendance pattern and funded-hours arrangement would fit your family's week?
• Support shaped around the child. In October 2024, the sensory room, parent-reviewed targets and links with other professionals supported individual needs. For families weighing this provision, those concrete mechanisms are more useful than the overall grade alone.

Cygnets suits families seeking play-based preschool learning with individual support. Its October 2024 account combines language development, physical exploration and practical parent involvement. Families considering either morning or afternoon attendance have a useful reference in that dated timetable; the strongest reason to consider the setting is the closely connected picture of learning and care.