Queen Bee’s Day Nursery

Highlights from Latest Inspection

Summary of key findings for parents

This provision is good • Staff support children's emotional well-being well.

They form strong, caring relationships with children and are quick to respond to their needs and interests. As a result, children are happy, confident and feel secure in the nursery. • Children and babies are eager to explore the stimulating environment and motivated to develop their skills.

They have access to a wide range of good-quality resources which provide them with exciting and interesting play opportunities, inside and outdoors. • The manager and staff are highly motivated, reflect on practice and use their experience to ensure good outcomes for children. For example, they have develope...d effective systems for assessing the progress of individual children and planning activities.

• Parents are happy with the care provided. They say friendly staff provide regular updates to them about their children's progress. Parents receive ideas from managers and staff as to how they can support their child's learning at home.

• Children are very well behaved. Staff encourage and celebrate children's good behaviour and deal with incidents of unwanted behaviour sensitively and appropriately. Therefore, children are supported to learn right from wrong and to keep themselves safe.

• The tracking and analysing of the progress made by different groups of children, to help support them in making even more progress in their learning and development, are not yet fully embedded in practice. • The manager does not ensure that staff consistently seek precise information from parents about children's learning and development before they start at the nursery. • When interacting with children during their play and activities, staff do not consistently give children enough time to consider their questions and provide a response, to maximise their learning.