First Steps Kindergarten

Highlights from Latest Inspection

Summary of key findings for parents

This provision is good • There have been significant changes since the last inspection. The manager has improved procedures for monitoring and supporting staff in developing their teaching practice. The manager and the deputy have helped staff to extend their practice for supporting children in exploring, investigating and developing their own ideas.

• Staff challenge children effectively to reach the next stage in their development. They observe and assess children and provide activities that motivate children to learn while they enjoy their play. Children make good progress.

• The partnerships with parents are strong. Staff and parents consistently share information to... ensure continuity of care and learning for children. Parents share very positive views about the provision.

• Staff give children's emotional security a high priority. Parents and children are prepared well for the change of room and key person as children progress through the nursery. • Children express themselves confidently.

Parents of children who speak English as an additional language and have only recently arrived in England, say that staff have been extremely supportive. As a result, they say that their children have made very good progress in their social and emotional development as well as their language development. • Staff are clear about the signs of abuse and neglect and their responsibilities to protect children.

They know the internal procedures and the local referral procedures that must be followed if a child is at risk. • Staff do not consistently help all two-year-old children to understand sharing and the way their behaviour affects other children. • Staff do not consistently give very young children the time to identify that they understand what has been said to them and then express their thoughts.