Little Willows Nursery

Highlights from Latest Inspection

Summary of key findings for parents

This provision is good • Leadership and management are strong, enabling staff and parents to work in partnership successfully to meet children's care and learning needs.

Teaching and assessment are effective. Staff support each child positively to help all children to learn and make good progress. • Children are engaged and occupied in the well-resourced play rooms.

They benefit from positive interactions from staff, which support children's emotional well-being successfully and enable each child to build on their learning experiences. • Relationships between staff and children are very good. The staff work well together to meet each child's needs through an efficient ke...y-person system.

Staff know all the children well, including the newest starters, who settle quickly into the homely atmosphere. Key staff have a secure knowledge of each child's achievements and plan effectively for their next steps in learning. • Staff follow children's interests and create activities to enhance their individual skills, working well with parents to support learning at home.

Parents praise the staff and the manager, appreciating the efforts they all take to keep them fully informed of their child's care and achievements. • Children learn how to manage some aspects of their care from an early age, such as how to wipe their nose and dispose of the tissue. However, at times, staff do not complete the procedure to show them how to clean their hands afterwards to prevent cross-infection to fully support children's independence in their personal care.

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