Ashbourne Day Nurseries at Fenny Stratford

Highlights from Latest Inspection

Summary of key findings for parents

The provision is good • The manager monitors staff practice thoroughly and supports staff well to build further on their existing good teaching skills. She fosters a positive working environment where all staff work together well to provide children with good-quality care and education.

• Children develop into enthusiastic learners during their time at nursery. Staff provide the support and encouragement they need to approach their learning confidently. • Children show good levels of well-being.

Staff skillfully help them to settle quickly into nursery life and to feel secure and happy about being cared for away from home. • The manager monitors children's progress and q...uickly identifies children who need extra support to make the progress of which they are capable. Staff work closely with other professionals to meet the individual needs of each child.

Children make good progress from their starting points. • The manager is ambitious for the nursery. She leads her team well in a programme of ongoing evaluations and improvements.

For example, staff have recently developed an exciting outdoor learning environment to better meet the needs of active learners. It is not yet outstanding because: • Staff do not plan a wide range of learning experiences to extend older, most-able children's developing literacy skills. • There are fewer opportunities for children to explore resources and take part in activities that help them learn about different cultures and ways of living.