Sebright Childrens Centre

Highlights from Latest Inspection

Summary of key findings for parents

This provision is good • The well-qualified and long-established staff work together effectively.

They demonstrate strong teaching skills, which promotes learning well. • Staff speak positively about the support they receive from the senior management team. Staff are provided with regular coaching and supervision.

They have access to an extensive range of training opportunities to improve the quality of their interactions with children. • Staff work well with other professionals to provide strong support to children with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND). They help to address gaps in their learning, and guide them to achieve well-planned targets.
<...br/>• Staff encourage children to develop their physical skills, freedom and movement. For example, babies are encouraged to use their emerging walking skills and reach for toys. Older children enjoy walks in the adjacent park and trips out into the local community.

They talk with enthusiasm about a recent trip to the local train station. • Children have formed strong bonds with staff. Effective settling-in procedures ensure staff know children well and help them to feel safe and secure.

Children's emotional well-being is supported effectively. • All children make good and steady progress from their starting points. Effective observations and monitoring produce strong plans for children's individual learning.

• Occasionally, staff do not organise routines effectively enough, and children are left waiting and become distracted. • The senior management team evaluates the quality of the nursery well. However, a more rigorous evaluation of the nursery would improve the quality of teaching further.