Hickory House Day Nursery Limited

Highlights from Latest Inspection

Summary of key findings for parents

This provision is good Since the last inspection, the management and staff have made significant, positive changes to the way they plan for and assess children's learning. Staff's practice is monitored, ensuring that children are suitably challenged to help them make progress in their learning from their individual starting points.

Staff are committed to continuous improvement and have successfully introduced sign language into the nursery. This promotes children's communication skills and contributes to all children being fully included effectively. Partnerships are effective.

Parents speak positively about the nursery and comment on the progress their children are maki...ng. Staff work with other agencies who are involved with children who have special educational needs (SEN) and/or disabilities, resulting in a consistent approach to children's care. Children enjoy taking part in a good range of activities and benefit from skilled teaching from staff.

Babies explore different textures and older children play games where they recognise colours and develop their thinking and remembering skills. It is not yet outstanding because: Although staff check the progress of individual children, systems for analysing the progress of different groups of children are still being developed. On occasions, the daily routines, particularly around tidying up time do not fully support children to be prepared to finish what they are doing before having to tidy away.