Testimonials

The LP assessment tool gives clear evidence of children’s starting points and progress across the EYFS.

The LP assessment tools and tracking system gave our school very clear evidence for our Ofsted deep dive in reading.

LP gave us the evidence we needed to talk about SEND children’s progress.

We used LP to evidence SEND children’s progress. This was really helpful for our Ofsted visit.

The assessment data helped us to have clearer conversations with Ofsted about children’s progress.

The LP documentation was perfect to show Ofsted the progression in skills and also how we identify and close gaps in learning.

We are so pleased we got LP before our Ofsted visit, as we were able to talk with confidence about the progression of skills in our EYFS setting.

LP has been invaluable as we’ve been able to show evidence of children’s progress using the assessment grids as evidence. This was particularly helpful for our Ofsted visit.

The way we use LP to identify gaps and plan provision was a key part of our discussion with the inspector. We were able to clearly demonstrate that our curriculum intent was being successfully implemented to meet the needs of all children.

Our staff are confident in explaining their assessments and curriculum planning for communication and language and early literacy. The progressive steps within the framework allowed us to clearly articulate the journey of our learners, particularly those who are working significantly below age-related expectations.

We were able to evidence the impact of our early reading curriculum to Ofsted as we had LP in place.

The Launchpad toolkit was described in detail, and inspectors were keen to see this in action, in relation to how we best support our children to access a formal phonics programme.

As the EYFS and Phonics lead, I confidently spoke about how well our staff know, understand and use LP in their daily practice. It is well-embedded in our setting. I could also talk about how we support specific children using the framework, with large groups & whole cohorts in relation to blending and segmenting.

We have had an Ofsted inspection since using LP, where we achieved ‘Outstanding’ in all areas. Other monitoring/teaching and learning reviews have also taken place. During my commentary with the Lead Inspector/reviewers, I referred to how we use LP. This has been viewed as good practice.

Ofsted liked how we talked about our very low starting points and could back it up with assessment grids of key Launchpad statements that our two-year-old provision lead had created.

Launchpad has enabled providers to identify the specific area in which the gaps lie and support them to focus interactions and resources to support the closure of these gaps. As Launchpad is designed to be implemented as part of quality first teaching, it focuses on meeting children’s unique needs, while also upskilling providers to better understand the skills and experiences required to provide a secure foundation for literacy in the long term.