Playcorner Nursery

Highlights from Latest Inspection

Summary of key findings for parents

This provision is good • Staff build strong relationships with the children. They gather information from the parents to find out about the children's home routines. This helps staff to plan activities that are of interest to the children from the start.

Children are happy and settle quickly. They are confident to try new experiences and readily ask staff for help. • Staff actively promote good behaviour.

Children behave well. They share and take turns and learn to respect each other's views. They play in a friendly manner and cooperate with each other.

• Staff work closely with parents, and other settings children attend, to help ensure they meet children's ind...ividual care needs successfully. They keep parents accurately informed regarding their own child's achievements and involve them in their learning. Staff seek information about children's learning and interests at home.

This helps to support good continuity in children's care and development. • Staff use observations and assessment effectively to identify and reflect children's interests. They build on children's previous learning and plan activities to help close any gaps in children's development.

Staff help children acquire a good range of skills to support their continuous learning and help them prepare for their eventual move to school. • The manager and staff continually reflect on their practice and make positive changes to improve outcomes for children. For example, since the previous inspection, they have broadened the range of resources and altered the layout of the nursery.

This has given the children more choices in their play. • At times, staff do not provide a high level of challenge in activities to fully extend children's language and thinking further. • Although staff attend training to help increase their knowledge and skills, the manager does not oversee the monitoring of their practice sharply enough to help develop the quality of teaching to the highest levels.