The Ducklings Day Nursery - Skelmersdale

Highlights from Latest Inspection

Summary of key findings for parents

This provision is outstanding • The exceptionally dedicated and skilled manager shares her vision for the nursery with the staff team. Together, in consultation with parents and children, they regularly use a variety of ways in which to carefully evaluate the quality of the nursery and precisely target future improvements. All staff are deeply committed to providing children and their families with early years experiences of the highest quality.

• The quality of teaching is outstanding. Staff have an excellent understanding of the unique ways in which individual children learn. They use their regular, robust and precise assessments, along with their deep knowledge of children's i...nterests, to plan a wide range of highly stimulating and challenging experiences that superbly motivate children in their learning.

• The management team and staff carefully monitor the progress that individual and groups of children make. They successfully identify any developing gaps in children's learning and take swift and decisive action to ensure that all children receive the exact support they need to make excellent progress from the time they start at nursery. • Staff provide an exceptionally warm and welcoming environment.

Bespoke settling-in arrangements and robust partnership working with parents ensures that children settle quickly and are ready to learn from the outset. Parents are extremely well informed about their child's learning. For example, staff routinely share information about children's learning experiences along with helpful tips and ideas that enable parents to complement and support their child's learning further.