Ellesmere Children’s Centre

Highlights from Latest Inspection

Summary of key findings for parents

This provision is outstanding • An excellent and well-embedded recruitment process helps to ensure that staff working with children are suitable. The induction period, along with regular supervision meetings and yearly appraisals, set out the high expectations for excellent practice from the start.

• Partnerships with parents are strong. The systems in place are constructive in helping to engage parents in their children's education. For example, the key person provides parents with homework packs that contain items based on their own child's interests and what they can do at home to support what their child needs to learn next.

This shared approach helps to embed what c...hildren are learning at the nursery. • Children's emotional well-being is of a high priority. Staff are closely involved to support the transitions children go through, such as when they join the nursery from home or when they move on to their next setting.

• The nursery welcomes children and families from a diverse range of backgrounds. Multilingual staff help to ensure that all children and families can communicate with ease from the start. This is highly effective in helping to support children's emotional well-being and they settle very quickly.

• Staff are especially knowledgeable about child development and exceptionally quick to identify and swiftly close any gaps in children's learning and development. They discuss concerns with parents with sensitivity and a genuine commitment to help secure early intervention for children who need it. As a result, all children make rapid progress from their starting points.