The Grange Nursery

Highlights from Latest Inspection

Summary of key findings for parents

This provision is good The management team and staff have good links with a range of professionals involved with children's care and learning. This collaborative practice helps staff to put appropriate support in place quickly for children who need it. Experienced and well-qualified staff effectively support children who have special educational needs and/or disabilities.

They monitor children's progress effectively to help close any gaps in learning successfully. Staff provide great opportunities for parents to be involved in their children's learning. They invite parents to attend workshops and share their children's achievements at home through 'wow' moments.

Staff su...pport children's continuity of learning well. Overall, teaching is effective and supports children's good progress effectively. Children achieve well in relation to their starting points.

Staff help to promote children's early mathematics skills well. For instance, older children are encouraged to predict how many conkers there are in the box. Children settle quickly and happily say goodbye to their parents.

They show how they have formed secure emotional attachments with staff. It is not yet outstanding because: At times, staff do not meticulously link planning to toddlers' individual stages of development to consistently support rapid progress in all areas. Staff ask good questions to extend older children's learning but do not always give them the time they need to think and respond to questions.