Bronte Nursery

Highlights from Latest Inspection

Summary of key findings for parents

The provision is good • The management team is enthusiastic and ambitious. It has clear expectations which are shared effectively with staff. The team works well to develop and maintain the good quality of care and teaching standards.

• Children develop strong bonds with staff from the start. Staff are caring and sensitive to the children's needs and personal situations. They offer comfort and support to children and families when required.

Parents comment on the 'happy and friendly' nursery environment. • Staff have a good knowledge of children's interests and abilities. They use this knowledge effectively to create opportunities that enable children to develop and prac...tise new skills.

This helps children to develop good skills to support their future learning. • Staff work well in partnership with parents and other professionals. For example, they actively seek guidance from specialists, which helps them to provide relevant support for individual children and their families.

It is not yet outstanding because: • Occasionally, staff to do not give enough consideration to ways in which they can further support young children's emerging speech and language skills. • At times, some staff do not consistently support children to develop their social skills further, such as good sharing and turn taking. • The manager does not consistently identify and monitor gaps in the progress between groups of children, to take steps to close them more rapidly.