Rope Green Farm Day Nursery

Highlights from Latest Inspection

Summary of key findings for parents

This provision is outstanding • Staff develop superb relationships with parents. For example, they gain meticulously detailed information from parents about their child's previous learning.

This, home visits and rigorous baseline assessments actively contribute to identifying concise starting points for all children's learning and development. • The provider ensures all staff receive exceptional support from managers. This includes regular confidential meetings to discuss anything that may be worrying them, their continued professional development and the children they care for.

Managers ensure staff attend regular team meetings where they can share their highly skilled ...knowledge. This ensures teaching actively contributes to the excellent outcomes for all children. • Staff give a high priority to developing professional relationships with other providers, including the local schools.

They consistently seek out and share a wealth of information about children's care and learning. This promotes continuity for every child on roll. • The provider works exceedingly closely with the managers and staff.

Together, they monitor the educational programme with precision. For example, they expertly track the learning and development of every child and all groups of children. This, and regular observations by each child's key person, ensures that any gaps in learning are swiftly closed.

Teaching provides optimal challenge for all children. • All staff have an excellent understanding of how to support children's strong emotional attachments. They expertly praise children's achievements throughout the day.

This enhances children's sense of belonging, raises their self-esteem exceptionally well and helps them to behave positively with others around them. Staff provide an exceptional level of warmth and care that helps children to build confidence quickly. This significantly enhances children's ability to settle quickly into the nursery.