The Firs Day Nursery

Highlights from Latest Inspection

Summary of key findings for parents

The provision is good • The management team ensures all staff receive regular, confidential supervision meetings. This promotes staff morale and enables them to discuss their training needs and anything that concerns them. All staff are well supported to attend training on a regular, ongoing basis and share new learning with others during team meetings.

• The relationships between staff, other providers and the local schools are positive. Staff make sure that the exchange of information between all parties helps to ensure consistency for children's care and learning. Outcomes for children are good.

• The management team makes sure that the self-evaluation procedures incl...ude the views of the staff, parents and children. This helps to identify clear targets for further improvement that will benefit all children on roll. • Trained staff take pre-school children for weekly visits to the nearby forest school.

Here, children learn about rules and how to keep themselves safe. They search out twigs to make their own broomsticks and find different coloured autumn leaves as they explore repeating patterns. Children search for insects and talk about their findings.

These activities help children to appreciate the wonder of nature around them. It is not yet outstanding because: • Staff do not ensure that all parents are provided with enough information about how best to support their child's continued learning at home. • There are few opportunities for children to gain an awareness of how they differ from, or are similar to, other people.