Bright Horizons Long Road Day Nursery And Preschool

Highlights from Latest Inspection

Summary of key findings for parents

This provision is good • Leaders and managers have a clear picture of the nursery. The newly appointed manager has quickly evaluated the strengths and identified the key areas for improvement.

• Staff provide children with good support to help them manage their feelings and behaviour. Strategies are appropriate to the age and stage of development of the children. Staff give children clear guidance that helps them to understand how to behave.

• Staff very effectively teach children how to stay safe. The older children show care when using scissors. There was very good engagement from pre-school children in a discussion about being safe in ice and snow.

• Overall,... children make good progress in their learning. By the time children leave to go to school, they are confident, independent and capable. • Parents appreciate the care staff provide for their children.

Parents say that managers are approachable and ready to help rectify any concerns. • In a small number of cases, staff are not making frequent enough observations or using what they know about children to plan precisely for their current learning needs. Teaching for these young children sometimes lacks challenge and purpose.

• Some teams working with the younger children have experienced significant changes and are not working as effectively as possible. Some routine activities are not well organised enough to fully support children. • Staff supervision meetings to support staff to develop their practice have not been effective enough to bring about rapid and sustained improvements.

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