Sherwood Green Nursery

Highlights from Latest Inspection

Summary of key findings for parents

This provision is good • Management and staff have worked together very effectively to address the areas identified for improvement at the last inspection.

The newly devised monitoring and evaluation systems are strong and show targeted plans for ongoing continued improvements. • Partnerships with parents are very good. The two-way flow of information helps ensure that parents are fully involved in their children's learning.

Parents say that staff are approachable and that they are very happy with the progress that their children make. • Staff observe and assess children's progress well. This helps them identify where children are in their learning and what they need to ...do to support their continuing progress.

Staff are confident in carrying through their findings into the planning of the activities. As a result, children make good progress. • Children learn to understand and respect the differences between their own lives and the experiences of others in the local community and wider world.

• Children are happy and enjoy their time at the nursery. Staff provide a warm and welcoming environment. Children make friends, build relationships and learn how to share and take turns.

• Opportunities for staff's professional development are not yet focused sharply enough on raising teaching skills to the highest possible level. • Staff do not consistently provide opportunities for babies to fully develop their physical skills. • Although, staff help children develop their communication and language skills well, they occasionally miss opportunities to support children to pronounce new words.