Honeybuns Day Nursery

Highlights from Latest Inspection

Summary of key findings for parents

The provision is good • The management team regularly observes and evaluates staff's teaching practice. They provide individual meetings with staff where they can discuss any concerns and their development opportunities.

This helps the management team to evaluate and build upon their practice so that teaching impacts positively on all children's learning. • The special educational needs coordinator is well organised and brings a wide range of skills, expertise and enthusiasm to her role. She regularly liaises with external agencies to organise additional support for children who have special educational needs and/or disabilities.

This means that staff are supported well ...to help these children make the best possible progress. • Staff enhance parent's understanding of how their child's learning can be best supported at home, for example, through daily chats and sharing with parents their assessment of children's progress and photographs of children's experiences in nursery. Outcomes for children are good.

• Staff build strong relationships with children. For example, staff in the baby room cuddle babies and talk to them during their bottle feeds. Furthermore, staff who work with the toddlers and older children offer reassurance, encouraging smiles and praise as they play alongside them.

This helps children to feel relaxed and to behave well. It is not yet outstanding because: • Staff do not always consider the impact that background noise is having on children's ability to concentrate during their activities. • There are few opportunities for children to gain an awareness of how they differ from, or are similar to, other people.