Blossoms Day Nursery

Highlights from Latest Inspection

Summary of key findings for parents

The provision is good • Staff support children well when they move rooms in the nursery. They take children for visits to become familiar with the room.

Staff liaise with parents when they feel children are ready to move. Children settle well and demonstrate that they feel emotionally secure. • Staff provide small-group times to help children to develop their communication and language skills.

These are effective for children who have special educational needs (SEN) and/or disabilities. • Staff ask children a good range of questions when they play alongside them. Children demonstrate good listening skills and learn to share and take turns in conversations.

They ...behave well. • Recruitment procedures are robust. The manager ensures that all staff have the necessary Disclosure and Barring Service checks.

This helps to ensure that staff are suitable in their role. • Staff complete daily checks of the environment, prior to when children arrive, and they remove any hazards. They continually maintain a clean environment and promote good hygiene and safety for children.

• The management team effectively tracks the progress made by groups of children. This helps the team to speak to staff about making improvements for younger children to help them develop their understanding of people and communities and to develop their mathematical skills. It is not yet outstanding because: • Staff's professional development is not incisive enough to pinpoint how individual staff members can raise the quality of their practice to the highest level.