The Ryleys Nursery

Highlights from Latest Inspection

Summary of key findings for parents

This provision is good • The staff team and the early years leader are supported by the school's senior leadership team and teaching staff. They draw on these staff members expertise to provide interesting teaching sessions, such as French lessons. The staff team also seek expertise from the senior leadership team when completing forms to gain additional help for children with special educational needs and/or disabilities.

• Staff take time to establish strong bonds with the children. They provide sensitive support for children's emotional well-being. Staff offer reassurance, smiles and praise and play alongside children as they try out something new.

This helps children... to feel relaxed and safe, and to engage in new experiences. • Staff get to know the children well, each child's key person makes regular assessments of their progress. The assessments are reviewed and where children are making less progress than expected staff plan additional activities.

For example, staff run additional sessions to support the development of some children's speaking and listening skills. • Partnership working with the school is impressive. It makes a significant difference to the development of the skills and emotional security that children need in readiness to continue their learning in reception class.

• Relationships with parents are strong and two-way communication is supported well. Parents develop a clear sense of trust in staff and value the support their children receive. They are provided with information about how children learn when they are very young and how they can further support this development at home.

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