Thorley Day Nursery

Highlights from Latest Inspection

Summary of key findings for parents

This provision is good The nursery is highly stimulating, homely and calm. All children and families are welcomed, respected and valued. Children have built up very strong attachments with staff and their emotional well-being is exceptionally well supported at all times.

Staff make excellent use of behaviour management training to implement clear and consistent strategies. Parents attend training evenings delivered by the nursery to help them to provide a consistent approach at home. Children's behaviour is excellent.

They are confident, thoughtful and enjoy positive interactions with other children. Children are self-motivated to be independent from a young age. For exa...mple, they confidently attend to their own personal care and help to serve meals and pour drinks.

The highly-qualified manager works alongside staff daily and acts as an excellent role model. She has very high expectations for the quality of the nursery and drives forward improvements on a continual basis. Parents', staff's and children's views are all considered and they contribute to plans for future developments.

Staff successfully work in partnership with parents. They share a good two-way flow of information regarding children's development. The nursery offers parents a wealth of information and ideas to help them to extend children's learning at home.

This shared approach contributes to the consistently good rates of progress that children make. It is not yet outstanding because: Overall, the quality of teaching is good. However, at times, during planned activities for older children, staff do make the most of all opportunities to extend children's learning and challenge them even further.