Little Raccoons Day Nursery Ltd

Highlights from Latest Inspection

Summary of key findings for parents

This provision is good • The manager and staff use self-evaluation effectively to help them to continually identify and address areas for improvement. For example, they are currently introducing new strategies to encourage parents to support children's learning at home more precisely.

• Children make good progress. Staff use observation and assessment effectively to plan activities that take account of what children need to learn next. Staff share their assessments of children's development with parents.

This helps to promote continuity in children's learning. • The open-plan structure to the nursery produces a wonderful family environment. Staff know children extremely ...well.

Their settling-in processes are highly responsive to the specific needs of young children and their families. As a result, babies and children develop a strong sense of belonging. • Staff's teaching of mathematics is strong.

For example, they continually model counting to babies and toddlers. Staff teach older children how to sequence and to look for patterns in written numbers, such as how the number one digit is always at the front of a number in the teen range. • Parents speak extremely highly of the manager and staff team and appreciate the nurturing care they provide.

They feel children are developing well, they learn how to respect others and develop strong friendships. • At times, staff's organisation of activities and routines, such as meals, is not effective. This results in children losing focus in their learning as they have to wait and are not engaged in purposeful activity.