The Old Station Nursery, Taplow

Highlights from Latest Inspection

Summary of key findings for parents

This provision is goodnManagers offer appropriate professional development to improve the skills of staff and help children make good progress. For example, following training, staff have a secure knowledge of how to teach letters and sounds.

Children confidently write using letter shapes and identify rhyming patterns. nStaff provide a range of enjoyable activities for children to be active and gain fresh air. This is demonstrated when children enjoy taking part in nursery aerobics.

Children smile as they dance and move to their favourite music. Staff help children to understand the affect of exercise on their bodies and this helps to promote children's good health. nStaf...f develop positive partnerships with parents.

This is demonstrated when they communicate with parents each day and also hold parents' evenings to enable more-detailed conversations about children's care and learning. nStaff build strong links with professionals, for example health visitors. This helps to promote a joint approach to supporting families through change, such as when children first start at nursery.

nAt times, staff do not consistently ensure that all children have the opportunity to participate fully in their learning, for example by ensuring that all children have an equal opportunity to express their thoughts and ideas within small-group activities. This impacts on children's involvement in their learning. nOn occasion, some staff are not fully effective in recognising that their organisation of the environment, space and staff at routine times of day, such as mealtimes and sleep times, does not fully support the development of children's independence and promote their well-being.