Woodlands Park Day Nursery And Forest School

Highlights from Latest Inspection

Summary of key findings for parents

This provision is good • Children are happy and settled in the nursery. Their parents speak highly of the procedures that are followed to help keep them safe and healthy.

• The nursery rooms are welcoming, well resourced to promote children's learning, and maintained to a high standard. The outdoor areas, particularly the forest school areas, are inviting and stimulating for children. This means children continue to learn while benefiting from being in the fresh air.

• Overall, the quality of teaching is good. Staff use their experience, child development knowledge and what they know about children to plan interesting activities. This helps to ignite children's curiosity... and enthuses them to participate fully.

Children make good progress in their development. • Parents' views are welcomed in the evaluation of the quality of provision to maintain and build on the good standards. Parents spoken with at the inspection were very complimentary about the provision and of the staff who care for their children.

• The leadership team ensures that the setting is managed in a safe and efficient manner. • Procedures for the monitoring and appraisals of staff performance are not sharply focused on raising the teaching skills of individual staff to the highest level. • Staff do not consistently make the most of their good partnerships with parents to maximise their engagement in their child's learning at the setting and at home.