Kirsty’s Little Treasures

Highlights from Latest Inspection

Summary of key findings for parents

This provision is good • The nursery environment is inviting and very well organised. Children confidently enter the nursery and are happy to engage with staff and their peers. They are keen to investigate and explore their surroundings.

• The key-person system is well established. Staff know children well. They obtain comprehensive details about children's routines and preferences when they start at the nursery.

This means they have a thorough understanding of children's individual needs and interests. Children are content and settled. • Partnerships with parents are strong.

Staff regularly invite parents into the nursery. They encourage parents to contribute t...heir knowledge of children, which staff use to inform planning. Parents speak highly of the staff team and are happy with the experiences provided at the nursery.

• Self-evaluation is effective. Managers use a range of tools to evaluate the quality of provision. They regularly seek the views of children, staff and parents.

They create and implement an action plan. This helps them to maintain at least good standards. • Staff support children's physical development well.

They encourage their small-and large-muscle skills. Babies enjoy turning pages of books and making marks with chalk. Toddlers delight as they empty and fill containers and prepare their own snacks.

Preschool children learn to balance, negotiate space and move their bodies in different ways. • Overall, teaching is good. However, at times, staff do not always provide excellent challenge for all children within activities to extend their learning even further.

This specifically refers to the most able children. • Managers do not continually focus as sharply as possible on helping all staff to acquire expert teaching skills. There is scope for managers to expand staff's professional development even further to help elevate the quality of teaching to the highest level.