Angel Day Nursery

Highlights from Latest Inspection

Summary of key findings for parents

This provision is good • Staff provide a warm and nurturing learning environment.

They have very caring relationships with children and babies. This supports children's emotional well-being effectively. Children are happy, settle quickly and display good levels of confidence.

• The enthusiastic manager and staff monitor information about children's achievements well and develop support plans swiftly, when required. All children make good progress in their learning. • Children's behaviour is very good.

Staff are positive role models. They are calm when speaking and give clear instructions. Children know what is expected of them and respond well to the staff's con...tinual praise and positivity.

• The owner is passionate about providing the best possible service she can. She and her team continually look for improvements to help benefit children. For example, staff's, parents' and children's suggestions for more creative play areas were incorporated into the nursery garden.

Additionally, there are plans to erect a giant sail to create an all-weather area to help improve outcomes for children who prefer to play outdoors. • The environment is not always organised in a way that fully supports children, particularly babies, to make decisions about the resources and activities they can choose to help develop their skills as independent thinkers and learners. • Some staff do not consistently encourage parents to have a greater involvement in their children's learning at home, to support continuity of learning and help extend children's development even further.