Chevening School Nursery

Highlights from Latest Inspection

Summary of key findings for parents

This provision is good • Children are very happy and settled at this welcoming and friendly nursery. They come into the nursery eager to see the staff and their friends. All children make good progress in their development.

• The manager and her staff team are highly motivated to evaluate the provision and make improvements. For example, they have further developed the range of opportunities for children to learn outdoors. • Children learning English as an additional language are well supported.

For example, staff work closely with parents to develop children's speaking and listening skills, including in their home language. • Parents say that they feel that their childr...en are well cared for. They speak highly of how involved they are in their children's learning from the start.

For example, parents identify home visits as particularly helpful in building relationships with the staff. • Staff are good role models for children. They teach children to be polite, play together and share.

For example, children learn to use sand timers to support their turn taking. • Occasionally, staff could do more to further support children in developing their own thoughts, ideas and independence skills. • In order to raise the quality of practice to the highest level, arrangements for observing and monitoring staff should be more sharply focused.

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