Bright Star Nursery

Highlights from Latest Inspection

Summary of key findings for parents

The provision is outstanding • Support for children who have special educational needs and/or disabilities is exceptional. The staff team demonstrates a strong commitment to working with external agencies and parents to support all children to excel. • Staff plan highly stimulating and challenging experiences that are targeted extremely well at supporting children to build on their individual abilities.

For instance, staff play alongside toddlers during a sensory activity when they pretend to make potions. They skilfully teach children new vocabulary to extend their mathematical understanding. • Staff place a high priority on children's emotional well-being.

They work ex...tremely closely with families and other settings to ensure continuity in care and learning. Children's care needs are extremely well met. • The leadership team has developed a strong vision throughout the nursery.

Staff feel extremely well supported in their professional development. They benefit from many opportunities to continually improve their excellent teaching. For example, they benefit from high-quality training and highly focused supervision arrangements.

• Staff regularly review children's progress and share this with parents. Any gaps in learning are identified and exceptionally well planned for. Staff are extremely proactive in securing support from external agencies to help children who have special educational needs and/or disabilities.