St James Cottage Nursery & Out Of School Club

Highlights from Latest Inspection

Summary of key findings for parents

The provision is good • The management team monitors the progress between different groups of children efficiently to identity and address any gaps in their development.

Children make good progress in their learning from the start. • Staff establish very good working relationships with parents. They work together efficiently to monitor and support children's learning.

For example, children take home 'treasure bags' to collect natural resources with their parents to explore in the group. • Children develop very positive behaviour and social skills. They are polite, use good manners and show a care and concern for one another.

For example, children tell others who... have fallen over 'I'll help you'. They learn about the different lives and beliefs of others to explore diversity in the world. • Staff value professional development to improve their knowledge and skills, and to support good outcomes for children.

For example, they use guidance from recent training to help support children in managing difficulties in their lives and to help their emotional development. It is not yet outstanding because: • Staff do not exchange detailed information with staff at other settings that children attend to help complement and support children's development further. • Staff do not consistently help older children to learn how to handle books carefully to support their reading skills further.

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