Kindred St.Ives

Highlights from Latest Inspection

Summary of key findings for parents

This provision is outstanding • Leaders are inspirational, passionate and extremely dedicated in their drive to provide children and their families with high-quality care and learning experiences. Staff are highly motivated, enthusiastic and hard-working to sustain the first-class provision. • Teaching is inspirational.

Well-qualified staff know children exceptionally well. They plan highly stimulating activities that reflect children's emerging interests and that successfully challenge them in their learning. Children make exceedingly high rates of progress.

• Staff work exceptionally well with parents and other professionals. They establish a highly effective two-way f...low of information that provides children with continuity in their care and learning. This significantly contributes to the rapid progress children make.

• Children thrive in the care of professional and dedicated staff who provide a highly welcoming and nurturing environment. Children settle quickly and establish strong and affectionate bonds with staff. They receive lots of praise and encouragement.

This helps children to build high levels of self-esteem. • Children behave incredibly well, showing high levels of self-control and respect for each other. They listen to staff, who act as superb role models for children.

Staff provide a positive atmosphere where each child is truly valued and highly respected. • Leaders and staff continually reflect on the progress children make and the effectiveness of the provision. They value the feedback they receive from parents and other professionals to help them enhance practice and children's experiences and to support their drive to sustain the highest levels of achievement for children.