Banana Moon Day Nursery Harbury

Highlights from Latest Inspection

Summary of key findings for parents

This provision is good • Staff have a comprehensive knowledge of safeguarding.

Managers ensure training is kept up to date. Effective working relationships with other agencies ensure children are kept safe. • Partnership with parents is good.

Staff exchange information about children's learning and care needs daily, and parents are kept informed through an online system. • Settling-in arrangements are good. There are effective systems in place so that staff can gather the information they need to help settle the child into the environment and meet their needs.

• Children thoroughly enjoy their time outdoors. They make good use of the natural environment to suppo...rt their learning. For example, children use chalks to draw around the puddles on the pavement.

They have access to wheeled toys and enjoy kicking the ball to staff and their friends. • Children are confident and motivated to learn. They are eager to take part in activities and make good progress from their starting points.

• Staff work closely with other professionals to support children who may need additional help. This particularly supports children with special educational needs and/or disabilities to help make good progress. • Staff do not consistently plan activities to provide optimum challenge for some children during adult-led creative activities to help them become fully engaged in their learning.