Little Heath Nursery Playgroup

Highlights from Latest Inspection

Summary of key findings for parents

This provision is good • Staff provide an exceptionally welcoming and safe environment for children to learn and play. Children have free access to an excellent range of toys and resources. Staff build on children's interests and plan stimulating and challenging activities to meet their individual needs most successfully.

• Partnerships with parents are very strong. Staff keep parents fully informed of their children's development and achievements. Parents say they are delighted with the progress their children have made since joining the setting.

Parents are full of praise for the staff and say they are nurturing and kind. • Children's behaviour is excellent. Staff teac...h children about the routines and rules of the setting exceedingly effectively.

Children eagerly view a series of pictures that successfully support them to understand staff's expectations. Staff praise children often for their superb behaviour. This helps to raise children's self-esteem immensely and they feel very proud of their achievements.

• The manager and staff work well together as a team. Staff observe each other's practice frequently and this helps to enhance the quality of their teaching. The manager checks the progress of groups of children to identify any gaps in teaching and learning.

Staff receive good support and coaching from the manager and have access to regular training opportunities. • Staff evaluate the effectiveness of the activities they provide. They offer choices to children and give them responsibilities, such as tidying away the toys.

Staff frequently seek the views of parents and take these into account when planning to make improvements to the setting. • Staff sometimes miss opportunities to reinforce mathematical concepts during play, such as counting, colours, shapes, patterns and comparisons. • Staff do not provide extensive opportunities for children to explore and investigate information and communication technology.