Busy Bees Day Nursery at Dorking Chichester Road

Highlights from Latest Inspection

Summary of key findings for parents

This provision is goodnThe manager is dedicated, ambitious and has high expectations of her staff.

She is expertly supported by a knowledgeable team who enable her to provide good-quality provision for all children.nSelf-evaluation is effective. Since joining the setting, the manager has implemented plans to help strengthen staff's development.

For example, she has assessed their knowledge and understanding of safeguarding procedures by creating quizzes for them to complete. This has had a positive impact on staff's knowledge of safeguarding procedures and their role in keeping children safe.nStaff make regular observations of children's learning and use these to plan nex...t steps and further challenge to support their development.

All children make consistently good progress from their starting points.nPartnerships with parents are good and staff work hard to include parents in their children's learning. For example, they provide detailed handovers and share their children's assessments.

Parents are happy with the care their children receive and praise staff for the part they play in their children's progress.nChildren have many opportunities to play outdoors. They have space to run, chase their friends, use climbing equipment and use their imagination skills.

Children thoroughly enjoy exploring the natural environment which helps contribute to their healthy lifestyles. nAt times, some staff do not provide children with explanations to help them manage their own behaviour effectively or learn about boundaries.nOccasionally, older children are not fully supported when using some technological equipment to help them get the most out of their learning.