Darlington College Childcare Centre

Highlights from Latest Inspection

Summary of key findings for parents

This provision is outstanding • The experienced managers and staff demonstrate a wonderful dedication to the families who attend the nursery and have extremely high expectations for all children.

They fully understand, and superbly meet, the needs of the children and their families within their learning community. There is a concerted approach to actively address barriers to learning, ensuring first-class inclusion. • Managers place a high priority on providing high-quality teaching.

The well-qualified staff work tirelessly as a team to collect and record detailed information about each child's learning and development. They use this exceedingly well to help skilfully ad...apt learning to follow children's interests. • Partnerships with parents and carers are excellent.

Parents speak very highly of the progress their children make at the nursery, particularly in their confidence and speech. Staff strongly encourage parents to support children's learning at home. This promotes children's development through a consistent and shared approach.

• Staff swiftly identify children at risk of falling behind. They work extremely effectively with other professionals and take prompt action to help close any gaps in their learning. As a result, all children, including those who speak English as an additional language, make rapid progress.

• Key persons know the children in their care exceptionally well. Children develop very secure attachments with staff. They happily take the lead in their play and thoroughly enjoy their time at the nursery.

Children's behaviour is exemplary. • The staff team ensures that the move for each child between rooms within the setting or on to the next learning environment, such as school, is seamless. This support is highly effective in helping to promote children's positive emotional development.

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