Granta Park Day Nursery

Highlights from Latest Inspection

Summary of key findings for parents

The provision is good • Children settle quickly in the nursery. They build strong and trusting relationships with their key person and other staff. Each key person finds out what children's interests are and what they can already do when they first start to attend the nursery.

This helps to support children's learning right from the start. • Children select where and how they learn. Equipment is thoughtfully arranged in the group rooms and in the gardens.

This helps to trigger children's creativity and desire to try something new. For example, children work together to work out how to catch water from a pump. They pour the water down wooden guttering and collect it in bu...ckets.

• Managers follow robust induction procedures, which helps new members of staff to understand their roles and responsibilities quickly. Managers observe staff undertaking key tasks, to help them identify areas for professional development. • Children begin to learn how to keep themselves safe and healthy.

For example, they enthusiastically explain to visitors why they need to use sun cream during the summer. It is not yet outstanding because: • Staff sometimes miss valuable opportunities to extend children's learning even further to help them make even greater progress. • Staff do not consistently fully encourage all children who speak English as an additional language to use their home language and culture in their play.