Sunny Meadows

Highlights from Latest Inspection

Summary of key findings for parents

This provision is outstanding • Staff create an exceptionally warm, welcoming and secure environment for all groups of children to play and learn in.

All room leaders and their staff have consistently high expectations for children's well-being and care. Children rapidly grow in confidence and self-awareness. • Staff provide colourful and exciting activities which motivate and engage children throughout the nursery.

Children have countless opportunities to be creative, imaginative and to solve problems through, for example, their role play, artwork and scientific investigations. They learn to love a wide range of stories, rhymes and songs. • The very experienced and enth...usiastic management team has an extremely clear vision for the future development of the nursery.

Managers thoroughly consider all aspects of the teaching and care provided by the well-qualified staff to ensure children make excellent progress. Staff make very good use of research and training to support their professional development. • Staff, including new staff and those in training, are excellent and consistent role models to children in response to the leadership's well-established expectations.

Children behave very well and learn to be tolerant and understanding towards others. • Children make excellent progress from their individual starting points. Staff make very good use of additional funding to narrow any differences in children's achievement and help them all to fulfil their potential.

• Parents are very appreciative of all the nursery offers. They typically comment that they were impressed by the warmth and care shown by the managers and staff when they first met. They feel that they are very well informed and supported to help their children achieve their very best.