The Little Lane Nursery Limited

Highlights from Latest Inspection

Summary of key findings for parents

This provision is goodnThe management team meets with staff to help them reflect on their practice and to support them to extend their professional development. Staff attend training courses and undertake childcare qualifications, such as a Forest School qualification. This helps staff to deepen their knowledge of how to support children's learning outdoors.

nStaff take small groups of older children for weekly woodland sessions. These provide opportunities for children to explore and investigate the natural world. nChildren work at typical levels of development for their age.

This includes children who are in receipt of funding. Children make good progress in their physi...cal development. Older children take and manage risks when they confidently climb trees.

They demonstrate their physical strength when they hold onto branches to pull themselves up onto trees. nStaff explain to children what is expected of them and, as a result, children behave well and are polite. Older children demonstrate a very good understanding of the rules and boundaries when they sit around a 'fire pit'.

Children say that they need to 'sit down' and that they are not to have their backs to the fire. This shows their understanding of how they can keep themselves safe. nStaff plan a wide variety of visits away from the nursery to further broaden children's experiences.

For example, they take them to the shops, library and park. This helps children to develop an understanding of their local community. nStaff support children with special educational needs and/or disabilities well.

They put targeted plans in place and work with parents and other professionals to support children's individual learning needs. nStaff do not consistently give parents ideas or guidance to help them to continue to support their children's learning at home. nStaff do not consistently support younger children to extend their learning so they can achieve the best possible outcomes.