Greenacres Day Nursery

Highlights from Latest Inspection

Summary of key findings for parents

This provision is good • The caring and attentive staff get to know children and their families well. They provide tailored settling-in procedures to suit the individual needs of children. Key persons encourage parents to share daily information about their children's well-being.

They use this information to help meet children's care needs well. • Staff have embedded the new planning system effectively. They plan opportunities weekly for each child to achieve the identified next steps in their learning.

Staff consider children's interests in their planning of activities. They encourage parents to suggest activities their children may enjoy. • All children make good progr...ess relative to their starting points.

• Partnerships with parents are effective in promoting children's ongoing learning and care. Staff keep parents well informed about the progress their children make. They provide ideas so that parents can continue their children's learning at home.

Parents are very complimentary about the service the nursery provides. • Staff working with older children promote their communication and language well. They encourage children to talk about their interests and their experiences at home.

Staff remind children to listen to each other's comments. • The manager does not incisively monitor staff practice to fully strengthen areas where individual staff demonstrate less highly skilled practice. • The staff working with the babies and toddlers occasionally miss opportunities to model language and extend children's understanding.