The New Spring Nursery School

Highlights from Latest Inspection

Summary of key findings for parents

The provision is good • Children arrive eager to learn and are happy and settled.

A strong key-person system helps children to form secure attachments with staff. Children are confident to ask for help and share ideas. Staff model language well and extend children's vocabulary by asking questions and instigating discussions.

• Children are provided with a wide range of exciting and stimulating activities. There is a wonderful outdoor space that is available to the children throughout the whole morning. This provides them with an area in which they can explore, discover and use their imagination.

• Children are making good progress in all areas of learning and ar...e well prepared for the transition to school. • The manager has created excellent partnerships with parents. This has enabled a good two-way communication between nursery staff and home to support children's learning.

• Staff create an environment that is nurturing, caring and respectful. They provide the children with countless opportunities to become independent learners. • The dedicated manager leads the setting extremely well.

She consistently evaluates the quality of her provision, setting challenging and realistic targets for improvement. It is not yet outstanding because: • There is a process in place to manage the performance of staff, although best use is not made of this to drive improvement in staff to an even higher level. • The tracking system used to monitor children's progress is not as precise as possible to support staff to identify and address any gaps in learning as early as possible.