Highbury Lodge Day Nursery

Highlights from Latest Inspection

Summary of key findings for parents

This provision is outstanding Staff work with the managers in an inspirational partnership to track children's progress.

All children benefit from prompt support and educational programmes that are tailored exceptionally well to their learning needs and interests. As a result, children thrive. Teaching is outstanding.

Staff encourage babies to use their bodies to make marks in flour on the floor. They explore walking on different surfaces for an activity. Staff provide a garden centre area for toddlers to look after as part of an eco-project.

This helps them to learn about protecting the environment. All children make exceptional progress. Staff are inspirationa...l teachers.

Activities are highly stimulating and children are very eager to learn. Toddlers enjoy pretending to be their favourite book characters, jumping in mud puddles and creating 'stick families' while learning about size. Pre-school children show advanced skills as they read independently.

Partnerships with parents are exceptional across the nursery. Staff and parents share detailed information about children's well-being. They know children tremendously well and are successful in ensuring that they are comfortable and settle in rapidly.

All areas of the nursery, activities and routines are risk assessed in meticulous detail by staff and managers. Staff are deployed very effectively to supervise children, who are extremely confident in demonstrating that they feel safe. Children develop personal safety awareness and learn to analyse risks as part of their outstanding learning.