Ruddington Day Nursery

Highlights from Latest Inspection

Summary of key findings for parents

This provision is outstanding • The manager is a highly qualified and experienced practitioner, who is committed to providing the best possible care and education for all children. She leads a well-qualified team, who share her vision. Leaders are dedicated and highly passionate about continuous improvement at the nursery.

• Excellent relationships with parents ensure children's interests, abilities and needs are expertly met. Communication between staff and parents is highly effective. Parents feel fully involved in all areas of their child's development.

• All children flourish within this nursery. They are visibly happy and well settled. They develop incredibly strong... bonds with staff.

Staff work highly effectively as a team and are committed to ensuring the well-being of all children. • Children behave exceptionally well. Staff are exemplary role models.

They help children to very much understand, value and respect each other and their friends. Staff have extremely high expectations of all children and celebrate their individuality. • The quality of teaching and interactions between the staff and children are remarkable.

Staff have a secure knowledge of children's next steps in learning, which they precisely identify through high-quality assessments. Children make rapid progress relative to their starting points. • Highly effective partnerships with other professionals enable staff to meet children's individual needs very successfully.

Leaders support children as they move on to other schools and provide continuity of care and learning. • Professional development for staff is a key strength of the nursery and this has an extremely positive impact on each child's care and learning. Staff attend forest school training and through this they have developed an extremely stimulating outdoor learning environment.