Buckingham First Nursery

Highlights from Latest Inspection

Summary of key findings for parents

This provision is outstanding • Highly proactive providers and the manager fully involve staff, parents and external professionals in the nursery's accurate reflective practice. They are highly qualified and exceptionally focused on providing outstanding teaching and care for children. • The key-person system is exceptional.

Staff work in faultless partnerships with parents from the start. They have a comprehensive understanding of children's needs and precisely tailor practice to children's personal requirements. Children show that they feel happy, comfortable and safe.

They thrive in staff's remarkable care. • Staff have innovative ways to work with parents and plan a ...wide range of opportunities for them to attend training and events at the nursery. For example, parents learn about internet safety, dental hygiene and how they can help children to eat and sleep better.

They highly praise staff and say that this work positively affects the whole family. • Staff are excellent at assessing children's next steps in learning and work incredibly closely with parents and the manager to track their skills. They are exceptionally talented at targeting areas that children need more support with.

As a result, children make outstanding progress. • Staff astutely ensure that children are safe. They conduct thorough checks of the premises each day and teach children about safety as a high priority.