Fairfields Private Day Nursery

Highlights from Latest Inspection

Summary of key findings for parents

This provision is outstanding Managers and leaders have made vast changes since their last inspection to raise the quality of their practice to an outstanding level.

Highly-inclusive evaluations, tailored learning experiences and superior partnership working contributes towards ensuring that children's care, safety and learning is highly prioritised in all aspects of their work. Transition through the nursery and on to school is seamless. Innovative strategies, such as trying on and purchasing specific uniform in the enhanced role-play supermarket, helps children to gain an excellent understanding of the expectations for school.

Managers and leaders are truly inspiration...al. Their enthusiastic, motivated and committed approach is adopted by the admirable staff and helps to give children a supreme start in life. Children are highly motivated and successful learners.

Staff have an expert knowledge of global lifestyle factors, such as the links between physical inactivity and childhood obesity. They embrace opportunities to get children active. Ingenious ideas, such as creating an inspiring outdoor car wash, are highly successful in encouraging children to, 'move more, sit less and play together'.

Staff have extremely high expectations for what children can achieve. They strongly encourage babies and children to take an active role and carry out routine tasks unaided. This contributes towards children flourishing into confident and independent individuals and leads to the greatly advanced self-care skills that children accomplish.