Apple Grove Day Nursery

Highlights from Latest Inspection

Summary of key findings for parents

This provision is good • The manager is very much part of the team and involves herself in all aspects of the service the nursery provides. All staff are involved in identifying good practice. The staff work well together and use their individual skills effectively.

They are aware of their individual strengths and work well together to raise quality of the care and learning provided. • Staff fully understand their responsibilities in protecting children from harm and neglect. Senior designated staff who oversee safeguarding follow their Local Safeguarding Children Board's procedures effectively when and if the need arises.

• All children make consistently good progress i...n all aspects of their of learning. Staff successfully monitor children's development. Prior to attending the nursery, staff spend time with the children and their parents and carers to find out as much as they can about their backgrounds and previous nursery experiences.

• Children's behaviour is good. Staff evaluate the effectiveness of their behaviour management strategies. Through training staff learn new strategies on how to manage children's behaviour and implement these into their practice.

This supports children to behave well and learn the difference between right and wrong. • On occasions, staff do not give children enough time to think and respond to questions asked of them. • Staff do not make good use of every opportunity to encourage children to use their home language in their play and learning.