The Close Day Nursery School

Highlights from Latest Inspection

Summary of key findings for parents

This provision is good • The manager and staff create a nurturing and caring environment. They make children and children's families feel very welcome and valued. Children show good levels of well-being.

• Children, including those in receipt of additional funding, make consistently good levels of progress. They are socially and academically well prepared for the next stage in their learning, including starting school. • Partnerships with parents are strong.

Parents are very complimentary about the care and support that the manager and staff offer. • The manager monitors children's progress very closely. She quickly identifies children who may need extra support to reach... their potential.

She works very closely and effectively with parents and other professionals to support these children's progress and well-being. • Children demonstrate good behaviour. They consistently include others in their play and show kindness and understanding to children who may find considering the needs of each other a little more challenging.

• Overall, the quality of teaching is good. However, sometimes staff do not make the most of their interactions with children to consistently extend children's learning and build further on what each child needs to learn next. • The arrangements for monitoring staff and helping them improve their skills are not fully effective in helping raise the quality of teaching to the highest level.