Little Green Rascals Children’s Organic Day Nursery

Highlights from Latest Inspection

Summary of key findings for parents

This provision is outstanding • Leaders, managers and staff show very high expectations of themselves and children in their care. They reflect continuously on their practice and identify highly focused improvements. • Managers aspire to maintain excellent standards in teaching and learning.

They provide a wealth of professional development methods that help to enhance staff's skills to the highest level. • Partnerships with parents are highly effective. For example, staff provide exciting home-learning resources for all ages, including babies.

Parents contribute to assessments and are extremely well informed about their children's experiences and ongoing progress. • Staf...f superbly manage children's moves between rooms within the nursery and on to school. This strongly supports children's positive emotional well-being.

• Staff swiftly identify and address any gaps in children's development. They work very closely with other professionals to provide excellent support. All children make the very best possible progress in their learning.

• The magnificent learning environment significantly enhances children's delight in learning and promotes their sense of fun. Staff provide wonderful levels of challenge. • Children benefit from exciting outings, including regular trips to forest school and other places of interest, that greatly enrich their understanding of the wider world.

• Children's behaviour is exemplary. They show significant levels of confidence and respond well to plentiful praise and encouragement from staff. Children have amazingly strong attachments to staff, who support the whole family highly effectively.