Close to Home Childcare Ltd

Highlights from Latest Inspection

Summary of key findings for parents

The provision is outstanding • Managers are relentless in their pursuit of excellence, building and reflecting upon current practice to achieve an outstanding setting which works for them and their children exceptionally well.

• Staff tailor care to the needs of individuals extremely well and this helps ensure that children are happy and confident. • The ethos of value and respect is at the heart of the nursery provision and is incorporated in everything staff do. • Children are given ample opportunities to develop their independence through everyday activities.

Staff give children the time they need, and allow them to select and explore equipment for themselves carefull...y. Children eagerly volunteer to be 'handy helpers' and show great confidence to help with setting the table, preparing snacks or tidying away. • The key-person system is highly effective in providing support for families and enabling children's individual needs to be met.

Staff know all children exceptionally well and are in tune with each child as an individual. • Parents are united in their opinion of the level of care offered by staff. They speak of choosing the nursery for its warm and welcoming staff and refer to staff as 'another set of mummies'.

• All staff have exceptionally high expectations of behaviour. Older children talk with extraordinary confidence about how they are taught to keep safe in the kitchen area by keeping a safe distance from the oven. • Children are happy and confident as they explore the nursery environment.

Staff support them exceptionally well to make choices and build on their independence skills. • Children are supported and guided skillfully by staff. They make excellent progress from their starting points, which enables them to have the very best possible chance to succeed.