Castledyke Ltd

Highlights from Latest Inspection

Summary of key findings for parents

The provision is good • The manager and her staff provide a bright, imaginative and welcoming learning environment.

There are good procedures to consistently develop the quality of teaching and learning within the nursery. • Staff work closely with parents to accurately assess children's interests and achievements when they first start. They build well on children's enthusiasms to help them reach the next steps in their learning.

• Children achieve well overall during their time in the nursery in all areas of their learning. Staff work closely with the attached children's centre and other early years' settings to further support children's positive achievement. Children ...have positive attitudes to learning and are well prepared for the next stage in their education, including starting school.

• Relationships with parents are strong. Parents appreciate the warm welcome that children always receive and the regular and useful information they receive on their child's progress. • Children's behaviour is good and they relate well to others.

Staff successfully encourage children to become self-confident and self-aware. It is not yet outstanding because: • Staff do not fully promote the development of children's independence and personal responsibility. • Staff do not consistently reinforce children's mathematical vocabulary.