Thomas Calton Creche

Highlights from Latest Inspection

Summary of key findings for parents

This provision is good • Children are extremely happy and content. They form strong bonds with staff and settle into the calm and nurturing environment exceptionally well.

Staff are very positive role models. They frequently praise and encourage children for their efforts and achievements. Children are extremely polite and behave impeccably.

• The quality of teaching is strong, and staff are responsive to children's individual needs. Staff have good knowledge of how children learn, and express the importance of high levels of self-esteem and emotional well-being for children to flourish. Children make good progress in relation to their starting points.

• Partner...ships with parents are excellent. Staff keep parents informed about their children's progress and regularly listen to and value their views. Parents express high levels of satisfaction and appreciation, and state that their children love attending the creche.

• Staff are very motivated, committed and work well together as a team. They understand their roles and responsibilities, and regularly engage in ongoing professional development to help refresh and update their knowledge and skills. • The well-planned space and resources, both inside and outside, create a highly enabling environment.

Children show good levels of independence and enjoy making their own choices about their play. • Staff performance management and monitoring of children's assessment are not sharply focused to raise outcomes for children to the highest level. • On occasions, staff do not make full use of opportunities to extend and develop children's early writing skills.