Sunshine Nursery

Highlights from Latest Inspection

Summary of key findings for parents

The provision is good • Children's behaviour is outstanding.

Staff support children extremely well to understand the rules of the nursery and to value and respect others. Children receive an abundance of praise from staff, who help them to develop their self-esteem. • The manager and staff complete regular observations of children's learning and monitor their individual progress well.

This enables them to plan challenging activities that build on children's existing skills and knowledge successfully. • Children show high levels of interest in activities and are inquisitive to learn new skills. They make good progress from their individual starting points in learning.
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• The manager and staff reflect on their practice well. They identify their strengths and areas to improve, and gain the views of parents. Staff are committed to maintaining the good standards in the nursery and continuously promote positive outcomes for children.

• Strong partnerships with other settings that children attend enable staff to share details of children's development and to promote continuity and quality in children's learning. It is not yet outstanding because: • During everyday activities, staff miss some opportunities to develop children's mathematical understanding and to support them to learn about measurement. • The manager does not scrutinise the assessment information gained to identify further and close any gaps in learning between different groups of children.