The Psalter Lane Nursery

Highlights from Latest Inspection

Summary of key findings for parents

This provision is good • The manager and her deputy provide clear, consistent and purposeful leadership to the well-qualified staff team.

They have high expectations and know the needs of the children in their care well. • The staff work closely with parents to accurately assess children's stage of development when they first join the nursery. They continue to provide parents with good guidance to help them to contribute further to children's learning.

• Staff provide strong help to children, including those who receive additional funding and those with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND), to make good progress overall in all aspects of their learning. T...hey identify any delays in children's learning and take thorough steps to address them. • Staff are very strong role models.

They promote good manners and successfully encourage good behaviour. They help children to achieve good levels of independence and self-awareness. For example, children learn to put on own their coats and shoes with little help from adults.

• Staff provide a safe and stimulating place for children to play. They watch over the children carefully, for example they help them to safely manage the stairs between floors. • Parents are proud of the nursery.

They typically comment on the warm and friendly welcome they receive from staff and the good quality of information they routinely receive on their children's progress. They rightly feel that their children are well prepared for the next stage in their education, including starting school. • Staff do not consistently reinforce and support children to extend the mathematical vocabulary they are learning, particularly for shape and measure.