Millswood Day Nursery

Highlights from Latest Inspection

Summary of key findings for parents

This provision is outstanding • The managers and the staff team are inspirational.

They use self-evaluation extremely well to continually reflect on the service they provide, identify improvements and successfully implement them. • The manager and staff team provide a welcoming, safe and secure learning environment enhanced with high-quality, stimulating resources. Creative displays celebrate children's achievements and provide helpful information for staff and parents.

• Staff use their training and extensive knowledge well to provide exceptional activities that enthuse, excite and engage children's imagination and interest. They promote children's independence extremel...y well. Children consistently show high levels of curiosity, imagination and concentration.

• Children with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND) are supported incredibly well through partnership working with other professionals to ensure they flourish. • Highly effective parent partnerships mean that parents are fully involved in their children's learning. From the start, staff expertly support parents to share valuable information about their children's care, learning and development.

They offer suggestions about how parents can support their children's learning further at home. • Children are enthusiastic and excited by writing. Staff provide inspiring resources and promote the development of writing skills in all aspects of learning.

For example, while outside, children ask for writing resources to make a list of the objects they have collected. • The quality of teaching is outstanding. Staff see every moment as a potential learning opportunity and make the very best use of these to enhance children's potential to gain further knowledge and skills.

As a result, all children make rapid progress.

information about their children's care, learning and development. They offer

suggestions about how parents can support their children's learning further at home.

• Children are enthusiastic and excited by writing. Staff provide inspiring resources and promote the development of writing skills in all aspects of learning. For example, while outside, children ask for writing resources to make a list of the objects they have collected.

• The quality of teaching is outstanding. Staff see every moment as a potential learning opportunity and make the very best use of these to enhance children's potential to gain further knowledge and skills. As a result, all children make rapid progress.