Yorkies Day Care

Highlights from Latest Inspection

Summary of key findings for parents

This provision is good • Staff work seamlessly with the on-site nursery school team.

The manager and the headteacher regularly meet to discuss the provision they offer. They have worked tirelessly to integrate the day care and the nursery school together to provide an excellent level of continuity of care for the children who attend. • Children and their families are exceptionally well supported by the staff.

Parents and children form trusting relationships with the staff. Parents are highly confident that their children are safe and well cared for by the professional staff team. They feel well informed about the progress their children make.

Staff work with the...m to accurately identify children's starting points. • Children are very comfortable and settled at the day care. They focus well at the activities on offer.

Staff know the children they care for very well. Staff skilfully adapt activities to take account of children's interests. For example, they adapt their planned activity when children show an interest in doing something different.

This supports children to remain motivated and follow their interests as they learn. • Staff support children's physical development highly effectively. They provide them with a range of challenging and exciting opportunities.

For example, children enjoy exploring the different obstacle courses on offer. Staff use positive praise well to motivate the children to confidently tackle new physical challenges. Children persevere and keep practising to gain new skills.

They learn to take calculated risks safely as they play. • Children make good progress from their initial starting points. They gain the skills that they need to progress positively on to the next stage in their learning.

Staff support children's transitions well, which helps them to be ready for their move on to school. • On the whole, staff support children's learning very well. However, some staff members do not consistently use questioning effectively enough to encourage children to extend their own thoughts and ideas further.

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