Creative Days Nursery

Highlights from Latest Inspection

Summary of key findings for parents

The provision is good • Managers have clearly defined roles and responsibilities and work effectively as a team. The nursery is well run to meet children's needs and ensure that they are kept safe.

• The partnership working with other agencies and professionals is strong. For example, managers are proactive in pursuing referrals for children who have a delay in their learning or development. Staff share relevant information and keep useful records of discussions and meetings about children's welfare.

• The staff team are well qualified and use their knowledge well to support children's learning and development. Children make good progress in their learning. • Staff provi...de very good support for children who have special educational needs and/or disabilities.

They discuss any concerns with parents and carers and make referrals to appropriate professionals. All staff are aware of children's needs and provide good levels of support for their learning and development. • Staff are consistently effective in supporting children's behaviour.

For example, they model how to take turns, and use the sand timer so that children have a visual prompt to help them to recognise when they can play with a toy. It is not yet outstanding because: • Staff do not consistently make enough use of opportunities to extend children's speaking skills. • Although systems to monitor staff performance identify weaknesses in practice, managers do not consistently ensure that staff know how to improve, or monitor whether the support has been successful, to raise teaching to a higher level.

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