Berwick Rascals Day Nursery

Highlights from Latest Inspection

Summary of key findings for parents

This provision is outstanding • The highly ambitious manager and her inspiring staff team wholeheartedly embrace partnership working with others. For instance, they share precise information regarding children's development needs with parents and other early years providers where children attend. This helps to provide the highest level of support for children.

• The manager is inspirational. She is highly driven and provides exceptional levels of support for her excellent qualified staff team. The manager completes very regular supervisory sessions and reviews staff performance when completing practice observations.

This helps her to astutely identify precise training ne...eds. • Teaching is remarkable. Children demonstrate extremely high levels of engagement in activities.

Staff continually build on children's learning, providing rich and challenging questions that help to promote children's thinking skills. • Children eagerly discuss the importance of following excellent hygiene practices. Staff provide children with superb opportunities to learn about healthy choices.

For example, children make fruit kebabs and use props and resources regarding healthy eating during story time. • Children have exceptionally strong opportunities to develop excellent literacy skills. For instance, they learn to recognise letters and talk about marks while exploring a very wide range of media, including foam and dough.