Little Characters

Highlights from Latest Inspection

Summary of key findings for parents

This provision is goodnThe manager and her deputy monitor the quality of teaching carefully. They provide staff with effective support to help develop further their already good teaching skills.nChildren are happy and enjoy being at the nursery.

They forge positive relationships with the staff, who are sensitive and caring in their interactions with children. Staff enjoy their work and morale is high. This helps to provide a welcoming and happy environment for the children.

nStaff carry out regular checks of the environment to ensure it remains a safe place for children. They maintain the required adult-to-child ratios at all times to keep children safe.nThe manager, who ...is also the owner, is ambitious and experienced.

She evaluates the setting well and is working hard with staff to implement change. For instance, recent developments provide more opportunities for children who prefer to learn outdoors.nStaff build good links with other professionals, such as health visitors and the Reception teachers of local schools.

This helps provide consistency in children's care and learning. nParents speak highly of the nursery. They say that staff are welcoming and caring and get to know their children well.

They appreciate the high quality of care and the wide variety of learning experiences provided.nStaff do not provide babies with enough opportunities to help them to explore using their senses and to develop their curiosity and creativity.nStaff do not make the best use of some opportunities to challenge older children's thinking and reasoning skills fully.