The Home Nursery

Highlights from Latest Inspection

Summary of key findings for parents

The provision is good • The provider, manager and the staff team have the children and their families at the heart of everything they do.

They all demonstrate a passion and dedication about their individual roles. There is a clear enthusiasm and commitment to doing the absolute best for the children. • Staff develop extremely close bonds with children and are sensitive and responsive to their needs, which helps children to feel safe and secure.

In particular, staff recognise the uniqueness of each child. Children interact confidently with their peers, staff and visitors to the nursery. • Staff provide superb opportunities to enhance children's understanding of the world ...and the community in which they live.

They make regular trips into the local environment and are heavily involved in community projects. • Staff manage the transition well when children move rooms within the nursery. Children move as a group with friends who they will move on to school with.

This helps to ensure children's emotional security is supported well. • Staff have exceptional partnerships with parents. They have developed excellent ideas to help parents support their children's learning and development at home.

Parents comment on how well children thrive in the care of the friendly and knowledgeable staff. It is not yet outstanding because: • Procedures for monitoring the quality of teaching are not yet precise enough to identify where staff can improve further and raise their practice to an even higher level. • Occasionally, children become distracted and are not engaged during some routines.