First Steps Nursery

Highlights from Latest Inspection

Summary of key findings for parents

This provision is good • Self-evaluation is effective. The manager regularly seeks feedback from parents, children and staff to help identify any areas to improve.

She is quick to respond to the information she receives and implements effective action plans. This helps to maintain the already good levels of service the nursery provides to children and their families. • Partnerships with parents are effective.

Staff regularly meet with parents to share key information about the progress their child is making and discuss their next stages of learning. This helps to ensure a consistent approach towards a child's learning both in the setting and at home. • Staff carefully ob...serve, assess and monitor children's progress.

They use this information to identify and address any gaps in a child's development. Staff promptly seek support from other professionals where required, to ensure children receive the individual support they need in their learning. Children are making consistently good rates of progress from their starting points.

• Children benefit from the warm and welcoming environment staff plan for them. They build positive relationships with key members of the staff team and seek their reassurance and comfort throughout the day. Staff respond sensitively towards children and know their individual personalities very well.

Children are happy and settled. • Occasionally, staff do not consider the impact that increased noise levels have on children's focus and attention during adult-led activities. • Staff do not always collect detailed information from parents about their child's starting points, such as what they already know and can do, before they first start at the setting.

information about the progress their child is making and discuss their next stages of

learning. This helps to ensure a consistent approach towards a child's learning both in the setting and at home. • Staff carefully observe, assess and monitor children's progress.

They use this information to identify and address any gaps in a child's development. Staff promptly seek support from other professionals where required, to ensure children receive the individual support they need in their learning. Children are making consistently good rates of progress from their starting points.

• Children benefit from the warm and welcoming environment staff plan for them. They build positive relationships with key members of the staff team and seek their reassurance and comfort throughout the day. Staff respond sensitively towards children and know their individual personalities very well.

Children are happy and settled. • Occasionally, staff do not consider the impact that increased noise levels have on children's focus and attention during adult-led activities. • Staff do not always collect detailed information from parents about their child's starting points, such as what they already know and can do, before they first start at the setting.