Ipstones Tiny Tots

Highlights from Latest Inspection

Summary of key findings for parents

This provision is outstanding • The leadership team works tirelessly to ensure the highest level of standards across the nursery.

Staff benefit from extensive opportunities to develop their skills and knowledge. For example, they take on responsibility for lead roles in areas they are interested in. One member of staff has the lead as physical and nutrition coordinator.

They have completed a qualification and use this knowledge to review, assess and plan a wide range of exciting and fun physical activities for the children. They also ensure freshly prepared meals and snacks are healthy, balanced and nutritious. • Partnerships with parents are superb.

Parents com...ment on the expertise of staff in ensuring that children's individual needs are continually catered for. They truly believe that all children are treated as unique individuals and that 'magic' happens at the setting. Each child has an individual play plan tailored to their interests.

Parents are actively invited to contribute to this which ensures that each child's learning experience is exceptional. • Children thoroughly enjoy their time at nursery. Staff know the children exceedingly well.

A robust key-person system fully supports children's emotional well-being and helps them to form extremely close relationships with the staff. This results in children developing an excellent attitude towards learning. • Staff are extremely nurturing.

They highly respect children's ideas and views. Staff encourage them to review their own learning and ask superb questions that help to encourage children to think critically about what might happen next. This helps to develop children's excellent imaginative skills.

• Emphasis on the outdoors and activities planned by staff contributes highly to children's enjoyment. Children learn to take managed risks as they run and climb on equipment in the outside areas. They are also included when evaluating if they play safely, and their views are taken into consideration.