Artemis St Leonards

Highlights from Latest Inspection

Summary of key findings for parents

This provision is good • The manager creates an inclusive setting and caters sensitively to the differing needs of the children cared for. Staff support children with special educational needs and/or disabilities very well. All children make good progress from their starting points.

• Parents talk positively about the nursery and are provided with opportunities to join in with nursery life. For instance, a parent helper ignites children's interests in stories by using their skills of character voices to bring stories alive. • Children take part in a wide variety of exciting opportunities, such as trips to the local museum and beach.

This builds on children's knowledge of... the local community and provides children with new experiences. • Staff support children's communication and language skills well through adopting a range of strong techniques. For instance, when children paint, staff support them to extend their language through modelling how to use simple sentences.

However, staff do not use skilful questioning as effectively as they could to extend children's learning and offer challenge. • Staff have an effective settling-in process which helps to support children's emotional well-being. For example, each child's key person makes a home visit before the child starts at the nursery.

This enables strong relationships to be rapidly formed between the key person and the child. • Children's behaviour is very good. Staff are consistent in their behaviour management strategies, for example they use egg timers to support children in understanding that they need to wait their turn.

• Staff create an inviting outdoor space for children. They provide a wide range of opportunities which help children to explore as well as engage in physical play. • Although staff communicate regularly with parents, opportunities to regularly share children's learning are not so well established.