Roslin Nursery

Highlights from Latest Inspection

Summary of key findings for parents

This provision is goodnChildren enjoy a wide range of interesting and stimulating learning opportunities. Staff consider children's interests when planning activities to help them move on to the next stage in their development.

As a result, children are engaged and motivated to learn.nThe manager and staff are committed towards providing a high standard of care and teaching to children. They work very well together as a team, and share important information to make sure there is good continuity of care and teaching.

nPartnerships with parents are strong. Staff provide parents with regular feedback about their child's achievements. The manager and staff take the time to ge...t to know children and their families well.

Parents speak highly of the manager and staff and the 'home-from-home', nurturing environment they provide.nThe manager and staff monitor children's individual development closely. They swiftly identify where children might be at risk of falling behind their peers.

They work closely with parents to make sure those children are supported to catch up as quickly as possible. nThe systems in place to help children settle when they first start at the nursery, and when they transition to the next room, support children's emotional well-being. As a result, children are happy and confident in their environment.

nOn occasions, staff do not recognise opportunities where they can provide more challenge and extend children's learning in order to help them achieve to the highest possible level.nThe manager has started to monitor and evaluate the progress of groups of children who attend. However, this has not yet been fully embedded into practice so that she has a clear picture of differences in achievement across all areas of the nursery.