Little Scallywags Day Nursery

Highlights from Latest Inspection

Summary of key findings for parents

This provision is good • Staff form warm, caring relationships with children. Children are happy and settled and they confidently interact with one another.

• Children are motivated to engage in play and learning. The very stimulating environment offers them a broad range of engaging learning opportunities both indoors and outside. Children make independent choices about how they spend their time.

• All children make good progress. Children's progress in learning is closely monitored and individual next steps are well planned for. Children with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND) are very well supported.

• Children's independence skills are supp...orted well. For example, children are encouraged and taught how to put on and take off their outdoor clothes. • Babies' early language and communication are developing very well.

Staff quickly respond to pointing, sounds and verbal communication made by very young children. This helps them to learn and communicate their needs. • Parents say that their children are very happy at the nursery.

They value the individual settling process which supports them and their children to feel comfortable and confident with the care provided. They feel well informed about their children's care, learning and development. • The manager and leaders are committed to developing a highly skilled staff team.

Systems are in place to monitor and improve the quality of teaching and learning effectively. • Children are not consistently given enough time to think and respond to questions when staff engage them in conversation. • Staff do not always identify how to provide optimum challenge for some children during adult-led creative activities to help them become fully absorbed in their learning.