Hill Top Private Day Nursery

Highlights from Latest Inspection

Summary of key findings for parents

This provision is goodnPartnership with parents is a key strength in this good-quality nursery. For instance, leaders regularly invite parents to share their views and suggestions.

They work together to carefully plan and implement improvements and changes. For example, leaders and parents have recently adapted and enhanced the already good security systems that are in place within the building.nStaff support children with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND) exceptionally well.

They work closely with external agencies to enhance children's development, such as implementing physiotherapy plans and speech and language strategies. Leaders provide specialist ...equipment and they carefully design rooms to enable staff to offer children tailored support.nThe nurturing, well-qualified and experienced staff team demonstrates a strong commitment to supporting children's emotional well-being.

Staff expertly plan for the moves that children make between rooms and on to school. For instance, children visit their new rooms over a number of weeks, supported by their key person, and a wealth of information is exchanged. All children are happy and settled.

nChildren of all ages demonstrate positive behaviour. Older children are caring and show concern for each other. They follow simple boundaries.

For example, they know the number of children that are allowed to access a small designated area of the garden. Staff provide children with praise and encouragement. For example, younger children take home certificates for their achievements, such as showing kindness.

nStaff do not consistently encourage children to independently work through and solve the problems that they encounter during play. nLeaders provide staff with supervisory sessions and feedback on their overall practice. However, systems for monitoring staff teaching skills are not rigorous enough to identify individual staff training needs to help to raise the quality of teaching to an outstanding level.

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