Once Upon a Time Day Nurseries

Highlights from Latest Inspection

Summary of key findings for parents

This provision is good • The special educational needs coordinator provides strong support for children who require more help. She works well with other professionals to seek the support children need to help them make progress in their development. • The manager sources and provides good training and support to enhance staff's teaching practice.

For example, recent local authority training has had positive outcomes, enhancing older children's early literacy. • Staff help children to develop good mathematical skills. They use everyday opportunities to support children to count confidently.

• The manager meets regularly with her staff management team, the provider and the... wider organisational management team. Together they reflect on practice, find common themes, and agree and implement action plans that enhance provision for children. • Staff have a good understanding of how to manage and support children's behaviour.

Children learn to follow the nursery rules and boundaries. They are kind, share resources and play happily with and alongside their friends. • Staff build good partnerships with parents.

All parents develop good relationships with their child's key person. Together they share valuable information which helps children to feel secure and supports a consistent approach to their learning and development. • Occasionally, staff organise large-group activities that last for too long and do not fully engage the pre-school children.

Some children lose interest and begin to fidget, disrupting the learning for other children. • Sometimes, staff and children compete to be heard. The excitement in their activities results in the noise levels rising and children miss some opportunities to learn.