Little Rainbows Day Nursery And Out Of School Club

Highlights from Latest Inspection

Summary of key findings for parents

This provision is good • The manager leads and manages the nursery well. She reflects on the quality of provision and implements action plans to continuously improve this. • Partnerships with parents, other providers and professionals are strong.

Good communication and sharing of information helps to support children, including those with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND). For example, home visits and regular stay-and-play sessions help parents and grandparents to become involved in their children's learning. • Children behave very well.

Staff are consistent in their approach to managing children's behaviour and children know what is expected of them. ...• Community partnerships are good and help children to develop an understanding of people in the wider world, for example through regular visits from local professionals. • Staff promote children's communication and language skills exceptionally well during their play.

They model effective listening skills and build on children's vocabulary. • The quality of teaching is consistently good. Staff use their observations of children's development to monitor their ongoing progress effectively.

Assessments are accurate and used successfully to plan for children's individual next steps in learning. • Staff do not consistently provide children with enough time to think during their activities and fully develop their problem-solving skills. • The organisation of resources does not fully encourage older children to make marks and develop their writing skills independently, or promote their interest and inspire them to use writing for a variety of purposes during their play.