Busy Bees Day Nursery at Wellingborough

Highlights from Latest Inspection

Summary of key findings for parents

This provision is good • The manager is very knowledgeable about the early years foundation stage and how to improve outcomes for children. She is ambitious and forward-thinking and has the children and their families at the heart of everything she does. • The management company provides staff with superb opportunities to continue their professional development.

For example, staff have attended training to help them enhance children's outdoor learning experiences. • The qualified staff demonstrate consistently good teaching skills, with some examples of outstanding practice. They know children well and use information from their observations and from parents to plan activities....r/>
This helps children to make good progress from their starting points, including children who speak English as an additional language. • The manager and staff have developed exceptional relationships with the parents. They use highly successful ways to engage parents in their children's learning.

They share information through a very broad range of effective strategies. For instance, parents contribute information using a communication book from home and attend meetings with their child's key person. • Staff provide a well-resourced and inviting environment that helps children to explore and investigate independently.

Children thoroughly enjoy the enhanced opportunities that staff offer, such as exploring pasta with tweezers and spoons. This helps to promote children's hand-to-eye coordination. • The key-person system is effective in assuring children's emotional development and welfare.

Children develop strong attachments to their key person. Staff demonstrate they genuinely care about the children they are responsible for. • Occasionally, group activities in the pre-school room lack variety and imagination, meaning that some children are not as motivated, enthused or fully engaged in their learning.