Moorland Nursery School

Highlights from Latest Inspection

Summary of key findings for parents

The provision is good • The owner and headteacher who run the nursery promote continual improvement well through their self-evaluation. They consider feedback from others, including parents to help develop the service.

For example, staff have used parents' suggestions and now provide meetings for them to attend to discuss their children's progress and next steps. • The special educational needs coordinator works closely with other agencies to provide timely to support to children who do not make the expected progress. This helps to close gaps in their learning quickly.

By the time children leave the nursery they make progress typical for their age. • Key persons manage c...hildren's individual care needs very well in line with parents' preferences. Staff are attentive in meeting children's medical needs.

• Children learn a good range of skills. Younger children develop their small-muscle skills to help support their future early writing skills. Older children can sit and listen to a story and concentrate well with support from staff.

• The headteacher monitors the educational programme well. She has recently identified where there was scope to accelerate children's progress in 'understanding the world'. To address this, staff have organised experiences, such as visits from police officers.

This has helped older children to learn about different professions. It is not yet outstanding because: • The headteacher monitors staff's practice but these arrangements are not yet highly effective to raise the quality of teaching to the highest level. • Staff complete initial assessments of children, but they do not encourage parents to contribute to these fully to identify all that children know and can do when they first start.