Mossgate Day Nursery

Highlights from Latest Inspection

Summary of key findings for parents

This provision is good • Leaders and staff reflect on and evaluate their practice. For example, they carry out audits covering all aspects of safeguarding.

They identify areas for improvement and review their policies and procedures as a result. • Children with special educational needs and/or disabilities are extremely well supported. Staff build warm and caring relationships with children and their families.

• Staff manage children's behaviour in appropriate ways. They devise golden rules to ensure children know what is expected of them. Additionally, staff use smiley face cards and 'kind leaves' to help reinforce positive behaviour and support children's personal, soc...ial and emotional development.

As a result, children's behaviour is good. • Leaders involve parents in various ways. For example, they gather their views through questionnaires and 'question of the month'.

They invite parents into the nursery for stay-and-play sessions. In addition, staff share information with parents in various ways, including through informal conversations, social media posts and by sending regular newsletters. • Parents speak positively about the nursery and the staff team.

They say that their children have made good progress and have become more confident, which has prepared them well for starting school. • On occasion, staff do not provide highly challenging learning experiences for older children in order to support them to achieve at the highest possible level. • Although staff demonstrate good hygiene practice and provide children with a healthy range of meals and snacks and lots of opportunities to be physically active, they do not fully extend children's understanding of how these contribute towards good health.

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