Rookwood Private Nursery School

Highlights from Latest Inspection

Summary of key findings for parents

This provision is good • Staff assess children's learning accurately and the manager monitors children's progress effectively. Where gaps in learning arise, the manager acts swiftly and puts the appropriate intervention in place.

Children make good gains towards the early learning goals and gaps in learning diminish quickly. • Staff ensure the environment is rich in literacy and mathematics. They have high expectations of children and encourage them to write their own names.

Staff support children's early interest in books very well and provide exciting opportunities for children to share their favourite stories with one another. • Staff promote diversity very well throu...ghout the nursery. They teach children about the importance of the wider world and display the many home languages children use across the nursery.

Children are well-rounded individuals who have a good understanding of the diverse community they live in. • Children behave well and learn to respect the rules and boundaries that keep them safe. For example, they walk carefully down steps with their partners as they make their way to the playground.

• The manager supports staff's professional development through regular supervisions and staff meetings. However, she does not sharply focus on improving staff interactions with children to the highest level. • While staff guide children well to follow the routines of the day, they do not always organise the most effective ways to fully support and promote children's engagement and levels of interest during mealtimes.