Hollinsend Nursery

Highlights from Latest Inspection

Summary of key findings for parents

This provision is good • The parents hold the nursery in high regard.

They feel that the staff go out of their way to care and support their children. They receive frequent and useful information about their children's progress and ways to help them learn at home. The nursery is a central part of the local community.

• Children make good progress from their individual starting points during their time at nursery. Staff work well with other professionals to support children with special educational needs and help them to reach the targets set for them. • The staff create a warm and stimulating environment.

They plan engaging activities and make good use of a wide... range of attractive resources to motivate children and help them successfully achieve the next steps in their learning. • Children are well behaved. They learn to listen carefully and to follow instructions.

Staff encourage children to share and think of others. For example, children take pride in preparing their model healthy meals in the role-play café and serving them to others. • The experienced manager works closely with the management committee to provide a clear vision for the nursery's continued development.

They make good use of training and support to develop staff's professional skills and raise the overall quality of provision. • Staff occasionally allow the more articulate children to dominate conversations, inhibiting the contribution from those who are less confident speakers. • Staff do not consistently reinforce and extend children's emerging awareness of shape and measure.