Les Petits Sunshine Day Nursery

Highlights from Latest Inspection

Summary of key findings for parents

This provision is good • Members of the leadership team are committed to providing good outcomes for children and families. They make good use of self-evaluation and include feedback from parents to swiftly and accurately identify areas that they wish to improve. • Staff foster children's language skills effectively.

They skilfully weave in new words within their teaching and use language appropriate to each child's level of understanding. For example, they introduce older children to scientific words such as 'reaction' and 'gas', and use descriptive words with babies, such as 'spiky' and 'soft'. • Staff establish strong relationships with parents, including those of children lea...rning additional languages.

Parents report that they appreciate the online journal system used by the nursery as it keeps them regularly updated about their child's achievements and planned next steps. • Children are exceptionally secure and settled at nursery. The staff create a very calm and welcoming environment; they promote a distinct sense of family and children of all ages develop a strong sense of belonging.

• The nursery places a high emphasis on inclusion and helping children learn about each other's similarities and differences. For example, parents provide recipes of favourite family meals that the nursery chef then makes and serves for all children. • Children make good progress from their starting points and develop valuable skills that support their next stage of learning.