Linskill Nursery

Highlights from Latest Inspection

Summary of key findings for parents

The provision is good • Staff use their knowledge of children's interests and abilities well to plan interesting, stimulating activities that help children develop the skills they need to learn next. Children are motivated, confident learners who make good progress in their learning. • Partnership working with other professionals and teachers in local schools is good.

Staff are proactive and share good-quality information to support continuity in children's care and learning. • Children behave extremely well, particularly during routines, such as mealtimes. They interact positively with each other and staff, and demonstrate excellent manners.

• Self-evaluation is strong.... The management team has effective procedures in place to review practice and identify ways the nursery can improve even further, to support children's achievements. • Staff receive good levels of support by the management team.

They benefit from regular meetings and training to help improve the effectiveness of their practice. It is not yet outstanding because: • Staff have not fully explored effective ways in which children can experiment with making marks as part of their play, to raise their achievements in literacy to an even higher level. • Some experiences provided for two-year-old children do not always fully engage them and extend their learning even further.

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