Little Pines Nursery

Highlights from Latest Inspection

Summary of key findings for parents

This provision is good • The atmosphere in the nursery is welcoming and calm. Staff are caring and take the time to get to know the children.

Children settle well and show high levels of confidence and self-esteem. Children feel safe, secure and valued at the nursery. • Staff work very well in partnership with parents and other professionals.

They gather useful information when children start at the nursery and regularly inform parents about their children's development. Daily conversations between staff and parents help to provide a consistent approach in supporting children's care and learning. Parents feel included, valued and involved in all areas of their children's... development.

• Staff support children's personal and social development well. They are good role models. They help children to behave well and to understand what is expected of them effectively.

Children's behaviour is good. They play together cooperatively and are polite and kind to others. • Staff regularly assess children's progress to find out what they need to learn next.

Any gaps in children's learning are quickly identified and closely monitored to ensure that they are rapidly closing. All children make good progress given their starting points. • The management team shows a commitment to the continual development of the nursery.

Extensive improvements have been made to the garden. Children now enjoy exploring the new growing and digging area and hunting for bugs in their bug hotel. • At times, staff in the pre-school miss opportunities to extend older children's learning and provide them with extra challenge, to support their good progress further.