Bright Horizons Hatch End Day Nursery and Preschool

Highlights from Latest Inspection

Summary of key findings for parents

This provision is goodnThere are good partnerships between staff and parents. Staff value parents' contributions and involvement in the nursery.

Parents express how happy their children are and how well prepared for school they are when the time comes. nThe leadership and management team deploys the staff team well to meet children's needs. New children and children moving to a new room receive good settling-in sessions to help them develop a sense of belonging and security with their key person and other staff.

nStaff provide children with a wide range of experiences to help them learn the skills ready for reading and writing.nChildren quickly develop a good grasp of num...ber. Babies and toddlers join in with actions to familiar counting songs, and nursery and pre-school children use number language during play and recognise numerals in the environment.

nThe manager evaluates well. She spends time in the rooms and, with staff, has made changes to the learning environments. Children benefit from the well-planned rooms that encourage them to follow their interests, have space to complete activities quietly and areas to spread out and play imaginatively.

nThe manager has started to build on staff's professional development. However, teaching is not consistently of the highest quality. nStaff miss some opportunities to challenge and extend children's learning during activities.