Hawksfield Nursery

Highlights from Latest Inspection

Summary of key findings for parents

This provision is good All children form close bonds with staff. For instance, children in the baby room benefit especially well. They have a strong sense of explorative and investigative skills, which helps them to concentrate for long periods.

They are motivated to learn and develop skills to help them move securely on to their next stages in learning. Staff work together well. They are positive role models for children as good examples of how to interact with others, such as being polite and modelling good teamwork skills.

Partnerships with parents are effective. Staff keep parents well informed of children's daily activities, learning and welfare. They gather informa...tion from parents about what children enjoy and learn at home, so they can complement this in the setting.

Staff arrange a rich variety of activities for children to enjoy. They organise opportunities in all learning environments, which supports all children's interests and preferred spaces to play. The manager is ambitious and communicates high expectations to all her staff.

She reflects on practice regularly and constantly strives for improvement that positively supports good outcomes for children. It is not yet outstanding because: Staff supporting the toddlers do not consistently make the most of opportunities to extend children's understanding of positional language. At times, staff working with the older age range do not give children enough time to think and respond to the questions they ask.