The Nursery (Leyland) Ltd

Highlights from Latest Inspection

Summary of key findings for parents

This provision is good • The nursery manager is firmly committed, resilient and dedicated to making changes that positively impact on the care and education of the children.

Together with the equally invested staff team, she has made significant improvements to practice, creating a safe and very well-run setting. • The learning environment is a real strength of this nursery. Staff have used knowledge and skills from training exceptionally well to create a vibrant and innovative setting, filled with a wealth of exciting and engaging resources and learning opportunities.

Children are fully engaged in their play and show high levels of motivation to learn and take part. Chi...ldren make excellent progress in their learning. • Children are highly confident and sociable.

They show a great interest in new visitors to the nursery. They demonstrate excellent communication skills as they eagerly ask questions and listen to the responses they receive. • The manager and staff work determinedly to fully understand and meet the needs of the children and their families.

They provide excellent support and effectively build very close working relationships. Parents are widely involved in their children's learning; they contribute to initial assessments and are supported to continue learning at home. However, parents' views are not always used to inform self-evaluation processes.

• The quality of teaching is very good and staff have an in-depth knowledge of the early years foundation stage and how children learn. However, performance management of staff does not provide the manager with in-depth evaluations of all areas of staff teaching, in order to raise the quality to the very highest levels. • Children's behaviour is excellent owing to the culture of positivity and mutual respect well embedded across the nursery.

Staff are wonderful role models. They are calm, patient and help children understand instructions. Staff working with the youngest children use visual aids to help them develop an early awareness of positive behaviour.