Linden House Nursery

Highlights from Latest Inspection

Summary of key findings for parents

The provision is good • Since the last inspection, the provider has made extensive improvements to the organisation of children's arrival and departure routine.

This now ensures that all children are accounted for at all times. • The parent partnership group shares its views with the nursery. Staff use these views to help them evaluate the quality of the provision and make improvements.

• Older children become confident making marks and begin to write. They recognise the first letter of their name and practise forming the letters, showing their excellent literacy skills. • When there are less children at the nursery, staff recognise that children need more support.
<...br/>With this in mind, they move young children into rooms with older children so can enjoy eating their lunch together. • Children make good progress from their initial starting points. Staff know children well and can confidently talk about their development.

It is not yet outstanding because: • The next steps in learning that staff identify for some children are not the most pertinent to enable them to make the best possible progress. • The records of children's progress that staff make and share with parents do not reflect their actual good knowledge of children's abilities. This means that parents do not have the most up-to-date information to support children's learning at home.