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Highlights from Latest Inspection

What is it like to attend this early years setting?

The provision is good

Children are at the heart of this nursery and staff provide a nurturing, calm environment for children.

Staff have high expectations for children's learning and development and children have positive attitudes to learning. Children are well behaved and show they are happy and feel safe. Children find out about each other's families.

This helps children to learn about diversity and being part of a wider community. Staff know the children extremely well and develop warm and positive relationships with them. Children show good levels of motivation and curiosity.

They have lots of opportunities to learn about what... makes them unique. Children feel valued and develop high levels of self-esteem. Children are motivated and engaged in their learning.

Children lead their own play and staff skilfully follow children's interests. For example, older children enjoy working together to make a boat, so they can find the treasure from the maps they have drawn. Babies relish exploring the concepts of shapes and balls with spikes.

Toddlers delight in chopping pretend food and making people better using thermometers. These activities help to develop their imagination in a fun and interesting way. Children make good progress and are ready for starting school.

What does the early years setting do well and what does it need to do better?

The manager and staff have a clear understanding of their curriculum. Children explore a range of valuable learning experiences that successfully cover all seven areas of learning. Staff make good use of observations and assessments to identify children's existing knowledge and skills.

However, staff do not always adapt their teaching for the most-able children during activities to build on their skills even further.Children with special educational needs and/or disabilities receive good support from staff. Staff monitor children's progress closely and are quick to identify when children need additional support to meet their development milestones.

They work closely with the local authority and parents to ensure that children receive targeted support. This supports these children to make the progress they are capable of.Children's communication and language development are a high priority in this nursery.

Popular books are incorporated well into the daily planning to inspire children to learn. Staff place a clear focus on promoting children's language and engage them very well in conversation. However, on occasions, staff do not give children enough time to respond to their questions and intervene with their own responses instead.

Staff provide children with an appealing environment to enhance their learning.Children freely explore the resources and materials provided. Children are encouraged to make their own choices and develop their independence skills.

Staff promote children's positive self-esteem by giving them lots of praise and encouragement. This helps children to develop good social and emotional skills.The outdoor environment is a hive of activity, providing endless possibilities and enabling children to lead the way.

For example, older children work as a team to make pirate soup, considering whether they should add more ingredients. Younger children access the mud kitchen and enjoy finding and washing animals. Babies experience opportunities to develop their communication skills through songs and stories.

This helps to develop children's confidence and curiosity.Parents' views of the nursery are very positive. For example, one parent commented that the nursery provides, 'excellent, supportive and naturing provision for my child'.

Communication between the nursery and home is a strength. Staff ensure that parents know what their children are learning and help them to understand their child's next steps. For example, children's new interest are displayed on the 'interests board' for parents to view.

Safeguarding

The arrangements for safeguarding are effective.Managers and staff are well trained in paediatric first aid. They are, rightfully, proud of their 'Millie's Mark' status, in recognition of their efforts which go above and beyond any minimum requirements.

Staff talk confidently about how to keep children safe and know the correct protocol if they believe a child is at risk of harm. Staff are clear about who to contact should they have any concerns. Similarly, they have a clear understanding of the actions they need to take if they have concerns about a member of staff.

The manager ensures staff have up-to-date safeguarding knowledge through regular training. Robust recruitment practices ensure that suitable people are employed.

What does the setting need to do to improve?

To further improve the quality of the early years provision, the provider should: nenhance opportunities for all children to extend their knowledge and understanding to the highest level during activities consistently develop children's critical thinking skills by allowing them the time to answer questions that are asked and think through problems for themselves.

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