Clever Clogs (yarm) Ltd

Highlights from Latest Inspection

Summary of key findings for parents

This provision is good • Parents are very complimentary about the setting. They comment that their children take part in a range of learning experiences and state how well staff nurture and care for their children.

• Staff have established good partnership working with other settings and the effective sharing of information helps to support children's individual needs and their move onto school. • Effective self-evaluation and a commitment from the manager and staff to continuously improve, enable the setting to maintain its good-quality service. This has led to improvements that benefit all children.

For example, staff have reviewed and enhanced the environment and intr...oduced open-ended, natural and recycled materials to help boost children's imagination. • Staff have an in-depth knowledge of how young children learn. They are very responsive to children's ideas and interests and use this to plan exciting activities that motivate, challenge and inspire children's learning.

• Staff's interactions with children are a strength and children form close bonds with them. Staff are attentive to children and ensure that their care needs are fully met. • Staff prioritise children's emotional development and support children successfully through times of change.

For example, staff prepare children well as they change rooms and when they move on to school. • The system for the monitoring of staff's performance does not focus precisely enough on identifying ways to enhance the already good quality of teaching. • Occasionally, staff do not always help older children to understand the importance of listening while others are speaking during group activities.