Honeycroft

Highlights from Latest Inspection

Summary of key findings for parents

This provision is good • Managers and staff build supportive relationships with children and their families and take into account the needs of each family as a whole.

The setting has strong links with the local community and with other services close by, such as the children's centre. • Staff create an inviting learning environment for all children. They provide effective support to children learning English as an additional language and those with special educational needs and/or disabilities.

Staff work successfully with other professionals and agencies to benefit children and offer well-planned individual support where required. • Children make good progress in their ...development from their starting points. Staff support their independence skills well.

For instance, children can easily help themselves to resources and staff give them lots of encouragement to do things on their own. • Staff work closely with parents to support children's learning. They provide them with useful information about their child's progress and development.

Staff offer many opportunities for parents to be actively involved in the nursery, such as joining in with activities or local outings. • Managers and staff reflect on their practice and seek feedback from parents to help them evaluate the setting. They take well-planned steps to further develop the provision.

For example, they have recently reviewed staff roles to help them work even more effectively together as a team. • Children benefit from a varied day with a good balance of activities. However, staff do not plan some parts of the daily routine fully effectively, particularly large-group sessions.

At times, younger and less-confident children are not as well occupied and become unsettled. • Some staff are less confident in recognising opportunities to encourage and extend children's mathematical skills during everyday activities and routines. Some children make less progress in their mathematical development than in other areas of learning.