Abbotts Ann Nursery

Highlights from Latest Inspection

Summary of key findings for parents

This provision is good • Staff encourage parents to share information about their child's development and they plan well for children's learning from the start. • Staff build positive partnerships with parents and professionals. These partnerships help to ensure children receive the support that they need to make good progress from their starting points.

Concerns about progress are investigated and appropriate steps are taken to enable all children to achieve well. • The acting manager is ambitious and enthusiastic about providing a high-quality provision for all children in the nursery. She has adapted well to recent changes and demonstrates an ability to reflect and evaluate th...e provision using the views of all who are involved, to further develop the nursery.

• Children are confident and sociable. They ask questions and listen to the response. They learn to cooperate with each other in their play.

• Staff are positive role models. They speak calmly and patiently to the children. Staff help children learn to recognise the language of feelings and appropriate behaviours.

Children behave well. • Sometimes, staff do not provide children with outdoor resources that sufficiently challenge their physical skills. • Staff do not consistently use enough mathematical language in their conversations with children.