Field House Day Nursery - Tommies Childcare

Highlights from Latest Inspection

Summary of key findings for parents

The provision is good • Staff have high expectations of children. Staff make good use of their accurate observations and assessments to effectively plan for each child's learning and to meet their individual needs.

• The provider and the manager demonstrate a strong commitment to improving the quality of the provision. Self-evaluation is ongoing and identifies the areas for improvement within the provision and outcomes for children. The parent's forum also contributes to the evaluation process and gives them a voice in the setting.

• Effective settling-in procedures support children to feel secure as they begin at the nursery. Staff carefully observe children during thei...r settling-in sessions, enabling them to form a natural bond with a member of staff who is then assigned to be their key person. • Children's health and physical development is promoted successfully.

Children eat healthy meals and snacks and staff ensure information is shared about what children have eaten. It is not yet outstanding because: • Activities, particularly those planned for children who prefer learning outdoors, do not make the best use of opportunities to challenge and excite children's learning. • The quality of teaching is not observed well enough in practice to offer constructive feedback to staff about ways in which they can improve teaching to an outstanding level.