Chestnut Nursery

Highlights from Latest Inspection

Summary of key findings for parents

This provision is good Leaders are inspirational in their drive to raise the standards of care and learning across the early years.

They have an in-depth understanding of the needs of children and families within the community. Other professionals say they are impressed with the leaders' excellent commitment to keep children safe and improve outcomes for them. Parents say that staff are exceptionally supportive.

The key-person approach works highly successfully to involve parents fully in their children's learning. Staff keep them very well informed about their children's progress and offer high levels of support to continue learning and development at home. Leaders meti...culously monitor to identify children who may not develop key skills as well as expected.

Support for children who have special educational needs (SEN) and/or disabilities is superb. Leaders use additional funding very well to support attainment between different groups of children and gaps quickly close. Leaders embrace and promote equality and diversity throughout their practice.

They actively challenge discrimination and promote tolerance for children and families. It is not yet outstanding because: Sometimes staff do not make the most of opportunities to extend children's language to enhance their vocabulary further. Staff in the pre-school room do not consistently provide enough guidance to help children to develop a greater understanding of the expectations to demonstrate high levels of self-control in some situations.