Child’s Play Day Nursery Penistone

Highlights from Latest Inspection

Summary of key findings for parents

This provision is outstanding • The management team is committed to providing a high-quality provision. Rigorous induction and ongoing performance management result in a committed staff team. Regular reviews and tests on staff's understanding of policies and procedures ensures that the safety and welfare of children remains top priority.

• Highly skilled and qualified staff consistently engage children in purposeful play, successfully motivating and igniting their curiosity to learn. Rigorous monitoring of staff teaching and ongoing training and development opportunities ensure every child achieves to their full potential. • Parents rate the provision highly.

Parent cham...pions provide opportunities for the voice of the parents to be taken account of when changes are being considered. Parents are provided with a wealth of information about important childhood developmental milestones and their children's ongoing development. • Children's health and well-being is significantly enhanced.

Staff plan and utilise daily opportunities to support children's awareness of developing healthy lifestyles. Children explain to staff that when you do not clean your teeth you get cavities. • Flexible induction procedures, of up to a month, foster positive relationships between staff, parents and children from the very beginning.

Children settle quickly as they form close bonds and attachments to their key person. • The individuality of the child remains at the forefront of any decisions staff make about children's ongoing care, learning and development. For example, transition from the baby room to the older children's room is very focused on the individual needs, abilities and preferences of each child.

• All children spend a large amount of time outdoors where their all-round development is significantly enhanced. Older children learn to take calculated risks as they climb on tyres and wooden spools under the close supervision of staff. Babies enjoy finding vegetables that staff have hidden in the mud kitchen.