Wellybobs Day Nursery

Highlights from Latest Inspection

Summary of key findings for parents

This provision is good • Children are eager to attend the spacious and well-designed nursery.

Staff greet children with genuine affection and help them settle into their day. Children benefit from a range of stimulating resources that fire their imaginations and help motivate them to explore, investigate and experiment. • Staff are positive role models and know each child well.

They build children's self-esteem and confidence and give lots of praise. • All children make good progress in relation to their starting points, including those who are in receipt of funded early education. • Staff benefit from regular and structured supervision, appraisals and evaluations of the...ir practice.

They receive a good level of support from managers. This includes being given opportunities to attend a variety of training and to extend their professional development. Managers understand that a strong united staff team strengthens the quality of care and education children receive at the nursery.

• Managers have recently implemented a new system for observing children and planning for their next steps in learning. This helps demonstrate the effectiveness of manager's self-evaluation and forward-thinking mindset. However, the new system is yet to be fully embedded into practice across the entire nursery.

• Children enjoy some activities to learn about the wider world they live in. For example, children enjoyed a visit from a mobile animal farm that visited the nursery. However, they have less opportunities to extend their understanding and experiences of people and communities beyond the nursery environment.