Denham Woodlands Nursery

Highlights from Latest Inspection

Summary of key findings for parents

This provision is outstanding • Children with special educational needs and/or disabilities are supported exceptionally well. Staff receive specific training related to children's individual needs.

They expertly adapt activities to ensure children receive a consistent approach to their care and learning and can take part in all the activities on offer. • Children behave extremely well. All staff receive training about how to support children's behaviour in positive ways.

Children respond very well to the highly consistent approach they receive. Staff take time to talk to children, so they know what is expected. This results in children becoming fully engaged in the excel...lent range of enjoyable activities, sharing, taking turns and helping their friends.

• Exceptionally strong partnerships have been established with parents. This helps to ensure children's interests, abilities and needs are understood and expertly met. Parents highlight how well their children settle and develop.

They feel fully informed about their children's routines, activities and progress. • Leaders and staff scrupulously assess and monitor children's progress. Extra funding is used to provide precisely targeted and successful activities.

For instance, children benefit greatly from small-group activities in the log cabin. Staff meticulously plan and expertly deliver activities to meet the ever-changing needs of the children. • Leaders are inspirational role models.

They lead a highly qualified staff team which delivers an exciting and stimulating curriculum through excellent teaching. Leaders closely consider the views of everyone involved when deciding how to further develop the nursery. Self-evaluation is rigorous.

• The managers ensure that there are always more adults than required to surpass ratios. They are very hands-on and support the staff team extremely well. Staff are exceptionally well deployed and use highly effective risk assessments to help ensure children's safety at all times.

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