Pumpkin Patch Fleet

Highlights from Latest Inspection

Summary of key findings for parents

This provision is outstanding • The director and the manager are extremely experienced, well qualified and inspirational. They nurture, coach and guide all their staff to exceptionally high standards of practice. The quality of teaching across the nursery is consistently excellent.

Lead practitioners support other local settings to spread their outstanding practice. • A deputy manager monitors staff assessments of each child's progress. She works closely with every member of staff to address any weaker areas of development and challenge children to higher levels of achievement.

Children make rapid progress in their learning. • Staff implement knowledge gained from recent... training, such as in mindfulness. Children learn to use breathing, yoga, exercise and essential oils to strengthen their own well-being as they play.

The on-site cook shares her expertise with children, staff and parents to successfully broaden children's interest in healthy eating. Children thrive at the nursery. • The whole team's approach to supporting children with special educational needs and/or disabilities is exemplary.

Skilled staff use exceptionally precise systems to target small achievements rapidly. Senior staff attend professional meetings with the family and develop first-rate partnerships with therapists, schools and outreach services. Children are exceptionally well prepared for their next school.

• Children are thoroughly prepared socially, emotionally and academically for school. Parents said that staff also made this change easy for them. For instance, staff prepare email updates with direct links to their child's school's webpage for literacy.

Everyone knows precisely how they can best prepare children who are ready to start writing. • Parents contributed many letters, emails and discussions to the inspection. They wholeheartedly agreed that 'the most special thing about the nursery is the caring, nurturing and patient staff who are so attuned to children's personality and interests'.