Good as Gold Child Care Centre

Highlights from Latest Inspection

Summary of key findings for parents

This provision is good • Children's welfare is a high priority in the setting. The close bonds they have with their key person and the good relationships with all staff help children to settle quickly.

• Staff skilfully adapt activities so that all age ranges of children taking part can extend their learning. For example, younger children count objects and older children match the quantity of objects to the correct numeral. • Partnerships with parents are strong.

Staff include parents in all aspects of their child's care and learning, for example through regular discussions and notifications on their child's electronic learning journey. • Children with special educationa...l needs and/or disabilities are particularly well catered for. Staff closely monitor children's progress to identify any areas of concern and swiftly put intervention in place to close gaps in learning.

• Staff promote good hygiene practices and their regular risk assessments help children to stay healthy and feel secure. • Staff have not yet fully embedded the new planning system to provide even more creative opportunities in order to extend children's learning. • The manager's systems already in place for monitoring the quality of teaching, so all staff can raise their teaching skills to the highest level, need further development.