Earby Springfield Nursery and Extended Childcare Services

Highlights from Latest Inspection

Summary of key findings for parents

This provision is good • The dedicated provider and the passionate manager work extremely hard to meet the needs of children and their families. A strong emphasis is placed on joining up services and working in partnerships with parents, the host school and the local authority.

This supports them to deliver good-quality childcare and improve outcomes for children. • Children who require additional support are quickly identified and swift action is taken by staff to ensure they receive the best possible support. Overall, staff implement targeted learning plans to help children achieve the next steps in their learning.

• The management and staff team works extremely hard t...o maintain excellent partnerships with parents. There are effective systems in place to ensure parents are kept fully informed of their child's progress and how to support learning at home. • Children are encouraged to be physically active and lead a healthy lifestyle.

They play outdoors every day and take part in weekly activities in the natural environment at the host school. These support children to take appropriate risks and challenges and develop their understanding of the natural world. • Children take part in enjoyable activities that support them to develop their independence and self-help skills.

For example, serving themselves at snack, dressing and putting on and fastening their own coats. • Staff do not fully consider the different and unique ways in which some children prefer to learn and further enhance planning that helps children make even better progress. • The professional development of staff does not yet focus strongly enough on raising the quality of their practice to an outstanding level.

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