Little Acorns

Highlights from Latest Inspection

Summary of key findings for parents

This provision is good • Leaders understand what the nursery does well and how it can be improved. They regularly evaluate the overall quality of the setting and have high expectations for staff. The manager provides a good range of training for staff and engages with the local authority to evaluate and enhance the provision.

• Staff form warm, caring relationships with children. Children enter the nursery happily, ready to play and learn. They seek staff out for help and enjoy completing tasks independently as they grow in confidence.

• Staff provide a wide range of activities and experiences that children enjoy, indoors and out. Children make decisions about what they ...would like to do. Staff encourage quieter or less vocal children to choose where they would like to play.

• Overall, children are well prepared for their next stages of learning and the eventual move to school. They begin to communicate confidently and ask for support when they need it. Older children manage their intimate hygiene needs with little adult support.

• Staff do not make the best possible use of information gathered from assessments to plan highly effective activities for individual children, particularly the youngest children attending. • Staff do not consistently gather and share detailed enough information from parents to better support their assessment procedures from the very start. • Staff do not create opportunities for children to explore their own cultures and traditions further during play.

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