Puddleduck Day Nursery Visits College Park

Highlights from Latest Inspection

Summary of key findings for parents

The provision is good • The management team frequently checks that all children are on track to meet their individual next steps. All children make steady progress from their starting points.

• Children have fun as they explore the full range of resources available to them. They particularly enjoy stretching their bodies as they negotiate the outdoor equipment. Staff offer children support to learn new physical skills and they enthusiastically demonstrate dance moves.

Children are animated as they link up and practise with each other. • The staff team is warm and welcoming, and parents are happy to ask questions about children's development. New parents praise staff for ...allowing children plenty of time to settle into their routine.

All children form secure attachments to their key person. Parents are happy and confident to leave their children. • Staff provide children with plenty of help to develop their early writing skills across the setting.

Many children choose to draw pictures of their families. Staff remind older children to write their names carefully on their projects. It is not yet outstanding because: • The manager does not monitor staff practices as closely as she could.

At times, not all interactions are of the highest quality and, in some situations, staff talk too quickly. This makes it difficult for children to process and understand the information. • Staff miss some opportunities to advance children's understanding of mathematics, such as counting with younger children and making size comparisons with the older ones.