Brighter Beginnings Chadderton

Highlights from Latest Inspection

Summary of key findings for parents

This provision is good • The manager and her staff are reflective and ambitious. They work well as a team and use self-evaluation effectively to help identify further areas for development. • Overall, the quality of teaching is good.

Staff deliver an interesting and varied range of activities that motivate children in their learning. Children have plenty of opportunity to choose where they would like to play inside and outdoors. Children's laughter fills the air at this vibrant nursery.

• Staff identify children's current stages of development and their next steps in learning effectively. They use this information well to help plan for children's individual learning need...s. All children, including those with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND), progress well from their starting points.

• Children are very well cared for and benefit from the strong relationships they have developed with staff in this calm and nurturing nursery environment. Staff positively support children's understanding of the group rules, including how to share resources, manage their feelings and keep themselves safe. • Staff implement robust procedures for administering medication to children.

Staff deployment is effective and staff vigilantly supervise children to ensure their safety. • Staff do not consistently make best use of activities that are planned to enhance younger children's speech and language skills. • Occasionally, staff do not make full use of the questions they ask children to extend their thinking skills and ideas further.