James Farm Day Nursery

Highlights from Latest Inspection

Summary of key findings for parents

The provision is good • Staff provide a welcoming and happy environment for the children to learn and play. Children have a good range of toys and resources available to them and staff plan activities to meet their individual needs and interests to promote outcomes in learning.

• Children are at ease within the nursery and explore the environment well, demonstrating that they feel safe. Behaviour is good, and children benefit from effective praise and support from the staff, which supports their emotional development. • Staff promote children's well-being well.

For example, they ensure the provision is clean and that hygiene routines are maintained to minimise the risk o...f infection. • Staff observe, track and monitor children's learning and development effectively. They accurately highlight children's progress and plan individually for children's next steps in learning to help them make good progress.

• Recruitment processes are effective in ensuring staff working with the children are safe and suitable to do so, this safeguards the children efficiently. It is not yet outstanding because: • The management team do not focus sharply enough on staff's professional development to help raise the quality of the provision to the highest level. • Staff do not always explain to children about why it is important to eat healthy food, which is provided to them at mealtimes.