Little Gems Nursery and After School Club

Highlights from Latest Inspection

Summary of key findings for parents

This provision is good • Managers have reflected on the issues raised through the previous inspection and have made positive changes to improve practice within the nursery. They have improved systems for monitoring the progress individual and groups of children make.

• Children with special educational needs and/or disabilities are supported extremely well and staff quickly identify the areas that they need further support. Staff work closely in partnership with parents and other professionals to target the support that is offered to children and their families. • The experienced and highly qualified staff team is passionate about its role in continually raising the quality of th...e nursery.

Staff have embraced opportunities to reflect on the previous inspection and work well with local authority advisers to plan further improvements appropriately. • Children are active and relish opportunities to play outdoors. Staff use windy weather as an opportunity to teach children about cause and effect.

Children enjoy watching streamers and ribbons spin in the wind. • Staff do not organise planned activities well enough to minimise nearby distractions and help maintain children's focus. • Staff supporting children do not consistently make the most of opportunities to extend children's understanding of numbers and positional language.

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