The Learning Mill

Highlights from Latest Inspection

Summary of key findings for parents

The provision is good • The newly appointed manager is highly committed to the continued development of the nursery. She involves staff, parents and children in identifying areas for improvement.

• Children enjoy a wide range of stimulating and interesting activities in this caring and nurturing nursery. They are confident and happily play together. Staff teach the children to be kind, share and take turns.

Children's behaviour is good. • Teaching is good. Staff are skilled in guiding children's learning as they play.

They have a secure understanding of how children learn and effectively interact with children to extend their learning. • Staff work well with oth...er professionals to meet the needs of children who have special educational needs (SEN) and/or disabilities. Children are provided with additional support by caring and skilled staff.

Their individual needs are well met and children thrive. • Partnerships with parents are good. Staff regularly provide parents with verbal and written information about their children's progress and ways to support children's learning at home.

Parents are invited to a wide range of events to meet with staff, such as during a Halloween activity party. It is not yet outstanding because: • The manager does not make fully effective use of information gathered from tracking children's progress to identify any gaps in children's learning more precisely. • Staff, on occasions, do not gather information from parents about what their children know and can do when they first start, to support initial assessments.