Greenwich Day Nursery And Preschool

Highlights from Latest Inspection

Summary of key findings for parents

This provision is good • The management team works effectively together to review the quality of the nursery and identify where further improvements can be made. Managers take account of parents' views and the needs of the children when making changes to the routines and environment or planning further training for staff.

• Staff plan a wide variety of interesting experiences that extend children's learning well and provide lots of opportunities for children to explore and discover independently. • Parents speak highly of the nursery and value the strong partnerships with managers and staff. They say that the staff teach their children well and provide exemplary care.

• ...Staff are skilled in forming close, caring bonds with children. They get to know children exceptionally well and are highly responsive to their emotional and physical needs. Children demonstrate that they are extremely confident and secure in the nursery.

• Children make good progress from their starting points. This includes children who speak English as an additional language and those receiving funding. Older children show a secure understanding of mathematics.

For example, they count accurately and confidently name shapes, such as crescent and semi-circle. • On occasion, some staff do not clearly identify children's starting points when they join the setting, to help assess and plan for their learning right from the start. • Staff are not always successful in sharing information with parents about what children will be learning next, to help support continuity in children's learning between home and the setting.