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Little Oaks @ The Parish Rooms received an overall 'Good' rating across all four legacy framework areas (Quality of Education, Behaviour & Attitudes, Personal Development, Leadership & Management), which map to the November 2025 framework as follows: Curriculum and Teaching (Good), Behaviour/Attitudes/Routines (Good), Welfare/Well-being (Good), and Leadership/Governance (Good). Safeguarding arrangements are effective and met. The setting demonstrates strong leadership, effective parent partnerships, good cultural inclusion practices, and nurturing staff-child relationships. The single area for improvement identified by the inspector concerns consistency in supporting children's independence, specifically around pouring their own drinks during café-style snack routines. The setting maintains continuity with its previous Good rating from January 2020, indicating stable provision. This analysis maps the legacy 4-area framework to the new 7-area structure, with Inclusion assessed as Strong Standard based on the inspector's positive comments about cultural celebrations and respectful attitudes, and Achievement assessed as Expected Standard given the good but not exceptional learning outcomes described.