Castle Nurseries at Willow Avenue

Highlights from Latest Inspection

Summary of key findings for parents

This provision is outstanding Leadership is inspirational. The extremely passionate manager and her exceptionally motivated staff team strive to provide first-rate care for children.

They have worked relentlessly to enhance the remarkable learning environment and to promote children's independence. Children have an excellent array of resources from which to choose. Teaching is superb.

The exceptionally highly qualified staff demonstrate a remarkable understanding of how children learn. They continually reshape their approach to children's learning and help to promote the best possible outcomes for them. Staff are inspirational, extremely dedicated and highly driven.
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They are superb role models. Children are provided with innovative opportunities to be physically active in their play. For example, they take part in highly exciting yoga sessions and learn to move their bodies in various ways.

Children have access to an exceptionally well-resourced garden where they have opportunities to extend their large-muscle movements even further. Staff provide tremendous levels of emotional support for children. They are extremely nurturing and provide a uniquely individualised approach to help children to settle quickly.

Children demonstrate excellent levels of self-esteem and are highly confidentChildren demonstrate superb imaginative skills. They create their own exciting pretend play scenarios. For instance, children use blankets, props and dressing-up clothes to create their own exciting and detailed storytelling scenes.