The Pelican Nursery

Highlights from Latest Inspection

Summary of key findings for parents

This provision is good Children enjoy the learning opportunities that staff provide.

Staff know which activities will engage children. For example, children delight in using spray bottles with paint to make marks on large paper outside. Staff develop caring relationships with children and parents.

Children settle quickly when they start nursery and rush over to their key person for cuddles throughout the day. Parents say, 'It is like a family' and staff regularly update them on their child's progress. Leaders have a good understanding of the strengths of the nursery and their next steps.

They have worked hard since the last inspection to improve opportunities fo...r children. Leaders provide regular professional development for staff. For example, staff have had training on interactions to support learning.

They observe their colleagues to give feedback and improve one another's practice. Staff collect detailed information about individual children's learning, identify what their next steps will be and share this information with parents. Children make good progress from their starting points and are well prepared for the next stages in their education.

It is not yet outstanding because: Systems in place monitor the progress of individual children, but do not yet fully compare groups. This limits opportunities to identify even richer programmes of learning that will help staff to narrow gaps in learning between groups of children. Although leaders communicate well with parents about children's absences, they do not yet identify patterns in attendance that could be an indicator of concerns about a child.