Spring - RAF Waddington

Highlights from Latest Inspection

Summary of key findings for parents

This provision is good • Good progress has been made against the actions and recommendations raised at the last inspection. The manager and deputy manager form a capable leadership team. They are ambitious for the future and are focused on continuous improvement.

• Staff work in close partnership with parents. They regularly discuss children's progress and share information. Parents speak highly of the nursery.

They comment on how approachable the staff are and say that their children are safe. Parents also speak very positively about the new online system for keeping them very well informed about their children. • Children's behaviour is good.

Staff are good ro...le models for children as they promote manners and kindness. They support children to manage their own behaviour in a positive way. Children are praised highly for their good behaviour and achievements.

This boosts their self-esteem. • All children, including those who receive funding, make good progress in their learning and development from their individual starting points. • Staff form close bonds with children.

These bonds help children to feel safe and secure when they are at the nursery. • Occasionally, children's next steps in learning are not identified precisely enough across all areas of their learning and development. This means that a few children are not making the best progress they could in weaker aspects of their learning.

• The manager and deputy manager do not always focus enough on raising the quality of teaching further when they are monitoring staff practice. • Children's play is sometimes unnecessarily interrupted when they are split into groups and at routine times. This has a negative impact on their learning.

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