Fellowship House Childrens Centre

Highlights from Latest Inspection

Summary of key findings for parents

This provision is good Partnerships with parents are strong.

Staff communicate daily with parents about children's ongoing development and help them to support children's learning at home. Staff are kind, caring and positive. They take the time to get to know children and build trusting bonds with them.

Children enjoy their time spent at the nursery very much and enthusiastically engage in a wide variety of experiences. They are well settled, secure and make good progress from their developmental starting points. The manager implements a robust ethos of continual reflection, and includes the views of staff, parents and children to help ensure that the nursery provides go...od-quality care and learning.

The indoor and outdoor environments are very well resourced. Staff provide children with rich and inspiring opportunities to lead their own play and learning. Staff monitor children's learning effectively, to help identify any gaps in their learning.

Children make good progress from their starting points. It is not yet outstanding because: Staff do not make the very best use of opportunities to help children learn about the importance and effects of good nutrition on their well-being and health. The supervision arrangements to monitor the quality of teaching and evaluate staff practice do not consistently focus sharply enough on raising the good quality of teaching to the highest levels.