Poppies Daycare Nursery Ltd

Highlights from Latest Inspection

Summary of key findings for parents

This provision is good The dedicated management team evaluates the provision constantly and monitors children's progress to identify areas for improvement. For example, the team identified a gap in mathematical development and made changes to the learning environment and practice. As a result, staff embed mathematical learning particularly well in all rooms.

Staff are enthusiastic, caring and know children well. They use their observations, assessments and children's interests to identify next learning steps. Staff provide a wide variety of interesting, and challenging, activities and resources, indoors and outdoors.

All children make good developmental progress from the...ir individual starting points. Staff support children's emotional and physical well-being effectively. Children are confident to explore, make decisions in their play and develop their independence skills.

All children, including babies, greatly enjoy easy access to the outdoor areas. Staff form strong relationships with parents, carers, and other professionals as needed. They use a range of ways to encourage a two-way flow of information sharing about what children know and can do, to promote consistency between the nursery and home.

It is not yet outstanding because: Staff do not consistently make the best use of time available for older children to play and learn. At times, during daily routines, children wait too long and become restless. Occasionally, during small-group activities, the noise level in the toddlers' room is quite high and this interferes with some children's engagement and learning.