Audlen House Day Nursery

Highlights from Latest Inspection

Summary of key findings for parents

This provision is outstanding • Staff consistently implement and use the provider's robust policies, procedures and risk assessments to fully promote children's health, safety and well-being. There is an extremely high focus on keeping children safe. For example, staff have completed 'loose parts' training.

They plan the environment very effectively and have embedded this knowledge extremely well in order to keep young children safe. • The senior management team is inspirational and has extremely strong expectations of its staff and for children. Highly dedicated staff embark on a robust programme of professional development to ensure they meet children's needs and are suitable f...or their roles.

Regular and focused reflection on the environment means that children thrive in extremely interesting and challenging environments. • Enthusiastic staff know children incredibly well. They gain extensive insight to assess children's starting points through discussions with parents and observations of children during their settling-in times.

Teaching is of a very high quality. • Passionate staff confidently extend children's learning. Highly skilled staff pay great attention to developing babies' listening and communication skills.

They introduce lively songs and repetitive rhymes alongside a prop box to successfully aid babies' understanding. Babies eagerly clap and laugh excitedly when anticipating the words and actions. When they choose a prop, such as a doll, they cuddle and rock with it while staff sing 'Miss Polly' enthusiastically.

• Staff use accurate systems for making observations of children's achievements and in planning precisely for their next steps in learning. Senior managers have rigorous methods for monitoring the quality of these achievements and in ensuring timely intervention is made, if needed, to help ensure all children reach their potential. All children, including those in receipt of additional funding, make rapid progress.

• Children are extremely motivated to learn. All children behave impeccably at all times. They show utmost respect for each other, staff and their environment.