Calvary Day Nursery

Highlights from Latest Inspection

Summary of key findings for parents

This provision is good • The atmosphere in the nursery is welcoming and calm. Staff provide a wide range of stimulating activities that promote children's learning and development. Children's independence is actively encouraged and supported throughout the nursery.

• The manager has a strong drive to improve the quality of the nursery continually. There are good self-evaluation and performance management procedures in place to monitor and review practice to maintain good standards of care and education. • Children are happy and content.

They have strong bonds with staff and each other, and enjoy their time at nursery. They are well settled, secure and make good progress ...from their developmental starting points. • Partnerships with parents are strong and there is a regular two-way flow of information.

Parents are kept up to date with the progress their child is making and feel very much involved in this process. • Some staff do not consistently provide the highest level of challenge in activities to extend children's good knowledge and thinking skills fully. • Staff are not yet consistently tracking children's development precisely enough, for example by using the early learning goals within the early years foundation stage.