Buttons Nursery

Highlights from Latest Inspection

Summary of key findings for parents

The provision is good • Partnership working with parents is excellent. Parents are very complimentary regarding the quality of care their children receive. Leaders and staff have created effective systems and share regular information with parents.

For instance, they are invited to express their ideas during parents' meetings and through questionnaires. • Children develop excellent mathematical skills. They learn to make comparisons and make predictions in their learning.

Children learn to count and recognise numbers during activities. For instance, they count out spoonfuls of rice according to the number they find on their bowls. • Staff are very good role models.
<...br/>They sensitively play alongside children. Staff offer a good level of challenge and support during activities. They demonstrate high levels of enthusiasm as children play.

Children make good progress. • Children form excellent friendship groups. They invite one another into their play and share their experiences.

For example, children ask others to help them search for insects in the outdoor area using magnifying glasses. This demonstrates very good social skills. It is not yet outstanding because: • Leaders have not yet embedded highly effective performance management systems that help to precisely identify specific training needs that help raise the quality of teaching.