Newton Westpark Nursery

Highlights from Latest Inspection

Summary of key findings for parents

This provision is good • Children are happy, confident and settled in the care of the nurturing and supportive staff team.

Staff are very good role models, who foster positive relationships with children. They demonstrate polite, caring and patient behaviour, which helps children to feel secure. • The management team robustly monitors children's progress.

They promptly seek support from other professionals to help to close any gaps in children's development. This supports all children to make good progress in their learning. • Children learn about the wider world around them and their local community.

For example, they learned about meaningful cultural celebrati...ons as they participated in a varied range of activities to celebrate Chinese New Year. • Staff gather detailed information from parents about children's existing skills and abilities before they start at the nursery. This helps to inform initial assessments and enables staff to plan precisely for children's learning.

Parents are encouraged to contribute what their children are learning at home and have regular discussions with staff to discuss their child's progress. • The existing arrangements for the monitoring of staff performance are not yet used to reflect fully on the impact of teaching in order to help staff further improve their knowledge and skills to the highest level. • Children have fewer opportunities to learn about number names and quantities.

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