Little Owls Nursery Parklands

Highlights from Latest Inspection

Summary of key findings for parents

This provision is good • The manager and her senior leadership team, who are new to the nursery since the last inspection, have established a clear vision for the provision's future development. They evaluate all aspects of the teaching and care the well-qualified staff provide to ensure children make increasingly strong progress.

Leaders and staff make effective use of research and training to support consistent improvement. • Staff are very positive role models. Children learn to behave well and to be tolerant and considerate towards others.

They successfully learn to take their turn and pay attention. Staff are very caring and vigilant. They ensure children are safe, ...secure and happy as they take part in the wide range of activities that are available.

• Staff provide imaginative and interesting resources to support activities which motivate and engage children's interests. For example, children thoroughly enjoy searching for spiders and other insects among the trees, sand play and climbing equipment in the outdoor play area. • The staff's strong partnerships with parents and other settings children attend have an impact on children's successful learning.

Staff keep parents fully informed of children's progress and development. • Children make good progress from their individual starting points. They sometimes make outstanding progress.

Staff work very well with other professionals, such as speech therapists and medical staff, to quickly identify and address any gaps in the children's learning. • Although staff support the development of communication skills well overall, they do not consistently reinforce and extend children's new and emerging key vocabulary. • Staff do not make full use of their very good relationships with parents to further engage them in supporting children's learning at home.

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