Elsecar Nursery

Highlights from Latest Inspection

Summary of key findings for parents

This provision is good • The committee, new manager and staff are all committed to raising the standards of the nursery. They have focused improvement plans in place and are clear about future developments.

For example, training opportunities are offered to help improve practice and staff knowledge. • Staff establish warm relationships with children and routinely praise their achievements. This helps to develop children's self-esteem and contributes towards their good behaviour.

• The recruitment and vetting procedures are robust and background checks are carried out for staff and members of the management committee. This helps to ensure they are suitable to work with ch...ildren. • The quality of teaching is good and children are motivated to learn.

This contributes towards helping children to make good progress and successfully develop many of the skills needed for school and future life. • Staff actively embrace opportunities to work with other specialists to support children with identified delays in development. For example, they work closely with speech and language specialists to support children in their acquisition of language.

• The new management team has introduced a new approach to observation and planning in the nursery. This has resulted in some inconsistency in the identification and planning of what children need to learn next. • Staff do not always involve parents fully in their child's learning so that they can work together to help children to make even better progress.

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