Little Jems

Highlights from Latest Inspection

Summary of key findings for parents

This provision is good • Staff have a good understanding of how children learn, overall.

They make effective use of individual children's observations and assessments. Staff take account of children's interests and next steps in learning and use these to inform the planning of activities. • Staff treat each child and their family with respect and value their individuality.

Good daily handovers and regular summary reports help to keep parents informed about their children's progress. Parents comment that children are happy, confident and make good progress. They talk with affection about the staff.

• Children are happy and settled. They form strong emotional atta...chments with their key person and seek support from adults in their self-chosen activities. For instance, they use all of their senses to explore sand and mud.

They learn new vocabulary, such as 'big' and 'small', when they play with different sized equipment. • The manager and her staff team strive for quality and are passionate about working with parents, staff, children and local authority advisers to help achieve this. The management team make continual improvements that positively benefit children.

• Sometimes, staff do not organise group learning sessions well to minimise distractions. As a result, the older and most-able children to do not fully benefit from the learning experiences because they do not concentrate as well as possible. • Staff do not fully encourage children to enhance their investigation skills further.