Seedlings Day Nursery

Highlights from Latest Inspection

Summary of key findings for parents

This provision is outstanding Leaders, who are also the providers, play an extremely active role in the day-to-day organisation of this exceptionally high-quality nursery. They set extremely high standards of care, teaching and learning.

As a result, children are exceptionally happy and settled. They make rapid progress from when they first start. The extremely sharp focus of leaders ensures that staff, children and parents have an active role in the self-evaluation process.

For example, leaders say parents' forum meetings are used as a platform for discussion and decision making. Staff are exceptional role models, friendly and extremely enthusiastic, who without comprom...ise provide an excellent model for children's behaviour towards each other. Children are excited, enthused and exceptionally eager to share their experiences.

For example, when they return from the outdoor learning school they excitedly say, 'We saw a grass snake.' They hold up their arms and shout, 'It was this big!' Staff expertly provide activities that centre on rising to challenges and solving problems. For example, toddlers learn how to turn on and off the tap from the water butt as they water vegetables growing outdoors.

Older children work out how many plates they need as they help to lay the table. Partnership with parents is excellent. Parents say children are 'fulfilled and enriched'.