Ragamuffins Day Nurseries Limited

Highlights from Latest Inspection

Summary of key findings for parents

This provision is goodnThe manager is passionate and highly knowledgeable. The nursery is well organised and a range of documentation is utilised effectively.

This helps to promote children's learning, safety and well-being at a good level. nOverall, teaching is good. Staff provide children with a wide range of activities that promote different areas of their learning.

Children have plenty of fun and enjoy attending. They make good progress in their development. nStaff are welcoming, warm and friendly.

They help children settle in when they start, and transition between rooms within the nursery successfully. Children are very happy and content attending. They bui...ld positive relationships with key staff.

nChildren are very well cared for in this nursery. Staff get to know children well. They are sensitive to children's individual care needs and adhere to their home routines.

nStaff manage children's behaviour effectively. They focus positively on desired behaviours and offer children lots of praise. Children listen to staff and respond to instructions.

They are polite, use good manners and are considerate of others. nPartnership working is excellent. Staff share detailed two-way information with parents, other providers and professionals using a variety of strategies.

This helps to foster continuity in children's care and learning.nOccasionally, during child-led activities, staff do not support children with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND) effectively. There is room to further help them to make choices about what they want to do and fully engage in learning.

nStaff do not consistently maximise opportunities to provide rich and imaginative challenges, particularly for the most able children. Staff's teaching skills could be extended to help foster children's creativity and critical-thinking skills as far as possible. nSelf-evaluation is robust.

The manager reflects precisely on the strengths of the nursery and areas for development. She is acutely focused on further developing practice. She aspires to achieve outstanding outcomes for all children in the future.