Busy Bees Day Nursery at Preston Hospital

Highlights from Latest Inspection

Summary of key findings for parents

This provision is outstanding Managers and leaders have made significant changes since their last inspection to raise the quality of their practice to the highest levels. Highly inclusive evaluations and exceptionally detailed improvement plans are very clearly focused on ensuring that children's care, safety and learning are highly prioritised in all aspects of their work. The quality of teaching is outstanding.

Meticulous teaching and learning plans are very clearly centred on children's interests, their learning from home and what they need to learn next. This contributes towards the high rates of progress that children make. Mangers and leaders are truly inspirational.
...r/>They invest highly in their whole staff team, and empower them to 'believe that every child deserves the best possible start in life'. Managers appraise staff very well through systems, such as 'rising stars'. This helps staff to feel highly valued and contributes to the excellent work that they do.

Partnerships with parents are superb. Staff provide unique home learning ideas that help to equip children with the expected skills they will later need for school. Parents are extremely complimentary.

They express that, 'Staff go above and beyond to create a wonderful little community where children are extremely safe and well cared for'. Staff treasure each and every child. They offer children an abundance of support, encouragement and praise, and value their every achievement.

This helps to instil children with high levels of self-confidence. Children are comfortable in their enchanted surroundings. They readily adopt the nursery's key philosophy and 'smile with pride'.