Westbury Day Nursery Limited

Highlights from Latest Inspection

What is it like to attend this early years setting?

The provision is good

Children are happy at this nursery. Relationships are caring and children are confident to ask staff for help if they need it.

Children behave well. Staff teach them about the nursery rules to help them understand the impact their behaviour can have on others. Children share and take turns during their play and offer to help their friends if they are finding something tricky.

Staff teach children to use good manners and remind them of expectations when they accidentally splash their friend in the water tray. Children make good progress in their learning. Staff plan a curriculum based on children's interests and builds ...on what they can already do.

Staff use regular assessments to check that children are making progress in learning. Children with special educational needs and/or disabilities are identified and additional support is put in place to help them to make progress. The curriculum for mathematics is promoted securely and staff teach children early mathematical skills through everyday activities.

For example, staff ask children to count how many friends are at nursery today and talk about 'more' and 'less'. They support children to use language, such as 'full' and 'empty' when playing in the water tray.

What does the early years setting do well and what does it need to do better?

Staff support children's early language skills effectively.

They repeat the words children use in full sentences and talk to them about what they are doing throughout the day. For example, when a member of staff notices her shoe is untied, she tells children she must do up her laces to make sure she doesn't trip over. This modelling of thinking helps to expand children's language and vocabulary, as well as understanding the importance of noticing risks.

Children have access to a range of fruit and vegetables at snack and mealtimes. They talk about healthy eating and clean their teeth together every day at nursery. Staff talk to children about different types of exercise and how these can help them to be healthy.

Children spend time outside everyday. They enjoy regular opportunities to develop their physical, gross motor skills through a range of activities, such as balancing, riding bicycles, climbing and slides. There are plentiful activities to support children's fine motor and early writing skills.

Staff know children well. They show genuine interest in children's lives and develop an understanding of what life is like at home for the children who attend. Staff talk about their family and things they have done recently, such as going on holiday.

Children's diversity is celebrated. Staff arrange opportunities for children to learn about a range of celebrations from their own and other cultures.Although staff share books and songs with children at key times during the day, there are times when they do not make good use of reading materials to support children's learning even further.

For example, when making play dough, staff tell the children what ingredients to add next rather than referring to a written recipe.Partnerships with parents are valued by staff and leaders. Parents report that they feel well informed by staff about how their child is progressing in the nursery.

They notice things their child can do and they are encouraged to come into the nursery and spend time with their child and understand what it is like for them to attend. There are strong links with local schools to help children move to the next stage of their education.Staff feel well supported by leaders at the nursery and receive regular supervision meetings.

Leaders carry out regular observations of staff and share strengths and areas of development with staff to support continuous improvement. Leaders work in partnership with the local authority and access training for staff to attend in the nursery and online.

Safeguarding

The arrangements for safeguarding are effective.

Staff receive regular safeguarding training and understand their responsibilities to keep children safe. They can describe signs which may indicate a child is at risk of harm and what they would do if they had a concern about a member of staff working in the nursery. They share information with parents to help keep children safe online in the home.

All staff have completed paediatric first-aid training to ensure that they are able to deal with any accidents or injuries that occur. Staff carry out regular assessments of risk to ensure that the equipment and spaces used by children are safe.

What does the setting need to do to improve?

To further improve the quality of the early years provision, the provider should: help children to develop a deeper understanding of how print and reading materials can support their learning further.