Bright Horizons Basildon Day Nursery and Preschool

Highlights from Latest Inspection

Summary of key findings for parents

The provision is good • Children are happy and settled. They benefit from an established key-person system, which helps them to form secure attachments and promotes their well-being.

Children build strong bonds with staff and they form close friendships with their peers. • Staff use good opportunities to increase children's communication and language development. They extend children's learning through strategies, such as using open-ended questioning during stories and discussions.

• Staff follow a well-established programme of professional development. They regularly review and evaluate the planned activities and experiences that children participate in. This enables th...em to identify their own strengths and areas for improvement.

The management team fully encourages staff to extend their knowledge and understanding through a wide range of ongoing training opportunities. • The manager implements robust recruitment and induction procedures. She ensures that the suitability of new staff is checked before their employment begins.

In addition to this, ongoing checks are completed to make sure that current staff remain suitable to carry out their roles and responsibilities. • Young babies develop curiosity and positive attitudes towards their learning. Staff support and encourage them to explore and investigate during their play.

This helps to prepare them well for their next stage of learning. It is not yet outstanding because: • Sometimes, the deployment of staff is not effective enough to support children to be highly engaged in activities. • Staff do not consistently seek the views of parents to help review the quality of their practice and identify areas to improve on.