Footprints Nursery

Highlights from Latest Inspection

Summary of key findings for parents

This provision is good • Children's emotional well-being is supported well.

The key-person system works effectively to ensure new starters settle quickly and according to their needs. Staff are respectful of children's choices and give them time to finish their play. • Staff use their knowledge of children and how they learn successfully to plan a range of activities, which supports their interests and next steps.

For example, staff use their training effectively to plan fun activities to help older children learn about letters and sounds. • Leaders and managers use self-evaluation efficiently to bring about improvements. They monitor children's progress effectively, ide...ntifying any gaps in learning, to ensure good outcomes for all children.

Managers complete regular observations of staff teaching and use their findings effectively to improve practice. • Staff make very good use of visits within the local environment to support children's understanding of the world, people and communities. For example, visits to a local residential home have supported children's social development and their communication and language skills.

• Staff engage effectively with parents and encourage them to share valuable information about their children's care, learning and development, to enable them to meet children's needs successfully. There are strong partnerships with outside agencies to enable staff to protect children and meet their individual needs. • Staff miss some opportunities to extend children's learning.

For example, during a creative activity, staff do not encourage two-year-old children to distinguish between marks and the patterns they make or to explore children's fascinations with mixing colour fully. • The daily routines are not consistent throughout the nursery to help prepare children for their future learning. For example, younger children are not always encouraged to be independent and to understand hygienic practices.

information about their children's care, learning and development, to enable them to

meet children's needs successfully. There are strong partnerships with outside agencies to enable staff to protect children and meet their individual needs. • Staff miss some opportunities to extend children's learning.

For example, during a creative activity, staff do not encourage two-year-old children to distinguish between marks and the patterns they make or to explore children's fascinations with mixing colour fully. • The daily routines are not consistent throughout the nursery to help prepare children for their future learning. For example, younger children are not always encouraged to be independent and to understand hygienic practices.