Sammy Snail Day Care

Highlights from Latest Inspection

Summary of key findings for parents

The provision is good • The manager is committed to providing a high-quality learning environment. Parents, children and staff are all involved in the evaluation of the nursery.

The management team has made changes as a result of parents sharing their views. For example, the staff provide more opportunities for parents to come into the nursery to join in activities with their children. • Staff review the environment regularly to ensure it is safe for children.

The manager deploys staff effectively to ensure that children are supervised well at all times and their individual needs are met. • The quality of teaching is good. Staff are well qualified and knowledgeable about... children's development.

They complete regular observations and assessments of children's learning and have regular discussions with parents regarding children's next steps in learning. All children make consistently good progress from their individual starting points. • The manager provides swift intervention when children are not making expected progress.

This includes one-to-one support and working with other professionals, such as speech and language therapists. Children who speak English as an additional language catch up quickly and gain the skills they need to communicate effectively. • Parents recommend the nursery highly.

They say the staff help to improve children's confidence, speech development and social skills. It is not yet outstanding because: • Systems for analysing the progress made by different groups of children are not fully developed. • Group activities are not consistently managed effectively enough to fully engage younger children and extend their learning.