Stour Road Day Nursery

Highlights from Latest Inspection

Summary of key findings for parents

The provision is good • The management team is ambitious about providing good-quality early years experiences for all children. It is reflective and includes staff and parents in the self-evaluation process.

• Staff provide a warm, welcoming and stimulating environment with a balanced range of easily accessible resources. Children make independent choices in their play. For example, they enjoy drawing and have other opportunities to explore making marks in other areas of play, including in the outside area and writing area.

• Links with parents are strong. Staff establish effective relationships and share information about children's progress regularly, verbally and thro...ugh the children's folders. Parents are very pleased with the reliable service and the good care and support their children receive from the attentive staff team.

• Staff meet the children's emotional needs exceptionally well. They are very kind, caring and extremely sensitive towards the children's needs. Children settle extremely well as they separate from their parents and are very happy throughout the session.

• Staff work effectively in partnerships with outside professionals to help to prepare children well for the next stage of their learning. All children make good progress from their starting points in learning. It is not yet outstanding because: • On occasions, the staff do not make the most of all opportunities to extend children's thinking and problem-solving skills, to extend their learning consistently to the highest levels.