City Way Day Nursery

Highlights from Latest Inspection

Summary of key findings for parents

This provision is good • Staff get to know children and their individual personalities well.

This helps children settle happily, quickly and confidently into their engaging play experiences. • Children have good opportunities to develop their writing skills. Younger children explore marks as they paint.

Older children write their name with confidence. • The managers and staff effectively evaluate their practice together. For instance, they evaluate children's experiences daily and consider how well they motivate children to learn.

Staff use their findings to support children's future activity plans. • Children have good understanding of other people's similariti...es and differences. For example, they explore traditions of other cultures, such as henna patterns.

• All children have good opportunities to investigate the natural world. They enjoy simple science experiments, such as when they explore ice and learn about how it melts. • The managers and staff monitor and track children's progress closely, both individually and in different groups.

This enables them to promptly highlight any gaps in their development and provide children with good support to catch up in their learning quickly. • At times, staff do not organise large-group activities successfully to ensure all children remain fully engaged. • Staff do not consistently encourage parents to share children's achievements and learning at home.