The Willows Daycare Limited

Highlights from Latest Inspection

Summary of key findings for parents

This provision is outstandingnThe team responsible for leading the management of the nursery works extremely effectively together. They have worked exceptionally hard to develop an ethos where all children, parents and staff feel welcome, invited, happy and confident to learn. They draw on each other's individual strengths and key skills to lead, maintain and drive forward exceptionally high standards in the nursery.

nThe management team is conscientious when implementing new ideas, ethos and practice to ensure that practitioners have an active voice in developing the new changes with them. Practitioners are provided with numerous opportunities to reflect, which enable them to mea...ningfully critique and review the provision. This ensures consistency, which has an extremely positive impact across the outstanding nursery.

nPractitioners provide children with new life experiences that enhance their knowledge, awe and wonder of the world. For example, together they visit the local theatre and introduce children to their first stage performance. The impact on children is so great that they excitedly recall the event many weeks after it has taken place.

nThe learning environment is extremely well thought out and resourced. Children have the freedom to explore and use the resources however they chose. Children use their superb fine-motor control to explore cutting up real foods in the home corner with the tools provided.

They observe the differences in using a knife and a comb to cut and how it creates a serrated edge. nThe management team is very proficient in monitoring the progress children make in the nursery, particularly for those in need of additional support. Children's progress is accurately tracked from their initial starting points and this information is successfully used to swiftly close any gaps in attainment.