Castle Nurseries at Dunstanburgh Road

Highlights from Latest Inspection

Summary of key findings for parents

This provision is outstanding The quality of teaching is superb.

Staff use precise observations and timely assessments of children's learning to plan fun and challenging experiences. Activities are targeted extremely well at supporting children to build on their individual skills and abilities. Children make excellent progress in all aspects of their learning based on their individual capabilities.

Children are extremely confident, self-assured and highly motivated to learn. They make individual choices in their play and continually extend their own learning. Children's behaviour is impressive.

They are very kind and helpful towards each other. Staff demonstrate... a high level of respect for their colleagues and the children. They are excellent role models.

The manager and staff team work superbly together and are committed to meeting the specific needs of individual families. The team works tirelessly to seek out the services and funding to help children make the best levels of progress. The manager is fully dedicated to continuous improvement.

She invests heavily in staff's personal and professional development. This helps to promote high staff morale and excellent outcomes for children. The learning environment is highly stimulating, promotes choice and independence, and celebrates children's learning and development exceptionally well.