Blossoms Day Nursery

Highlights from Latest Inspection

Summary of key findings for parents

The provision is good • Gaps for attainment between groups of children, including those for whom the nursery receives additional funding, are closing rapidly. The managers effectively use additional funding to enhance children's progress.

• Managers and staff have formed positive relationships with parents to help support children's learning and development. Children who have special educational needs (SEN) and/or disabilities benefit from good support. • Teaching is good.

Staff observe and interact with children as they play. For example, in the garden staff join in with younger children jumping into coloured hoops to demonstrate the activity and revisit previous learni...ng. • Staff know the children well.

They use their observations and knowledge of each child's interests to identify their next steps in learning. • A strong key-person system helps children to feel safe and secure. Children behave well.

It is not yet outstanding because: • At times, daily routines do not fully support the flow of children's play. Children do not always have enough time to develop their play ideas before needing to move on to the next activity. • Staff do not consistently provide children with the resources for them to make marks, to develop children's early literacy skills.