Busy Bees Day Nursery at Bishops Stortford St Michaels Mead

Highlights from Latest Inspection

Summary of key findings for parents

This provision is good • Since the last inspection, the newly appointed manager has made considerable changes and improvements to the nursery.

The changes include reviewing the appearance of the nursery, updating toys and resources and developing staff's knowledge of behaviour management. The manager has also implemented more effective planning to ensure each child's learning needs are carefully considered. • Children develop caring relationships with staff and enjoy the interaction they receive from them.

The effective key-person system ensures that every child's individual needs are met effectively. • Partnerships with parents and other settings that children attend ar...e strong. Key persons work well with parents to involve them in their children's learning.

For example, parents help to decide on children's next steps in learning and share progress made at home with their child's key person. • The management team places great emphasis on the nursery's continuous improvement. All managers, staff, parents and children are involved in the nursery's self-evaluation and improvement plans.

Parents state that they feel able to influence change within the provision and that their views are listened to and acted upon. • At times, staff do not allow children enough time to consider their responses to questions before answering for them. • Occasionally, staff do not promote children's critical thinking well enough during planned activities, to enable them to fully explore their learning and extend their knowledge.