AppleKids Day Nursery

Highlights from Latest Inspection

Summary of key findings for parents

The provision is good • The quality of teaching is good overall, staff understand how young children learn and develop.

They provide children with activities based on their current interests. All children make good progress in line with their starting points. • The manager closely monitors the progress that individuals and groups of children make.

This helps ensure any gaps in children's learning are identified and acted upon. • The qualified and experienced team is passionate about providing good-quality care and learning experiences. They reflect well on their provision and continually identify new ways to improve the provision.

• Partnership working with pare...nts is given good consideration from the very beginning. Each parent benefits from a home visit. This helps to build strong bonds between children and their key person.

It is not yet outstanding because: • Sometimes, the identified next steps in children's learning are not used enough during planned activities. This means staff are not always able to support children to make even better progress. • Staff have not given enough consideration to the outdoor area so that children are offered an environment where they are able to join in with a wide range of activities.