Busy Bees Day Nursery at Mill Hill

Highlights from Latest Inspection

Summary of key findings for parents

This provision is good • Leaders and managers have worked hard to successfully address the actions raised at their last inspection. • Staff have undertaken a range of training from both internal and external agencies. This has had a positive impact on strengthening their teaching practice and improving the environment.

• Staff promote children's early literacy skills well. They focus on providing children with opportunities to develop their early writing skills. For example, younger children spontaneously make marks and tell visitors they are making shopping lists for Santa.

Older children write their names and are starting to recognise familiar words. • Partnerships wit...h parents are good. Staff value parents contributions to their children's ongoing learning.

Daily conversations and parents' meetings help to ensure that they are kept fully informed of their children's progress. • Parents feedback is actively sort and used to aid self-evaluation. Parents are complimentary about the improvements made to the nursery and the service that they provide.

• Sometimes, staff working with the younger children are to eager with their questioning and do not always allow them enough time to think and respond. • Staff do not always make the very best use of their observations and assessments to precisely identify children's next steps in learning. • The organisation of some routine activities in the toddler room are not always managed effectively to maintain children's interest and engagement.