Rise and Shine Day Nursery

Highlights from Latest Inspection

Summary of key findings for parents

This provision is good • Staff work well in partnership with parents and other professionals.

They ensure there is an effective two-way flow of information. This helps to provide children with consistency in their care and learning. • Staff provide children with a stimulating range of activities which reflect their emerging interests and stage of development.

Children are active learners who show curiosity in the world around them. They make good progress. • Staff are kind, attentive and responsive to children's needs.

Staff working with babies, provide a warm and nurturing environment. They encourage children to explore and be active, and ensure that they have ...the rest they need. • Children enjoy their time at nursery.

They are warmly greeted by staff with whom they build strong bonds. Children demonstrate that they feel safe and secure. For instance, they confidently seek cuddles should they need reassurance.

• The manager values her staff. She regularly conducts supervision meetings with all staff to coach and help them to develop their skills and knowledge. Staff are well supported to gain professional qualifications and attend training events.

• Staff are enthusiastic in their role to help children learn. However, sometimes they do not give children enough time to think and develop their own ideas. • Staff working with children in the pre-school room do not always make the most of opportunities to help children understand and explore aspects of mathematics relating to size and measure.