The Little Ripley Day Nursery

Highlights from Latest Inspection

Summary of key findings for parents

This provision is good • Leadership and management are strong. Leaders are ambitious and communicate high expectations across the provision.

They work closely with the long-standing staff team to provide good-quality care and learning experiences for all children. • The quality of teaching is good. Staff provide a varied range of activities across all areas of learning.

Children are confident and self-assured. They make good progress from their starting points and develop the key skills they need in readiness for school. • Children benefit from a key person who takes the time to get to know them well.

Staff are kind, caring and nurturing. They gain detailed info...rmation about children's care needs, capabilities and interests when they start. They use this information to help children settle quickly and promote their emotional well-being.

• Leaders, managers and staff are reflective. They effectively evaluate the provision and listen to the views of parents and children to make continuous improvements. • Children's behaviour is good.

Staff act as positive role models. They are sensitive to children's needs and encourage children to play cooperatively together. • Parent partnerships are strong.

Staff encourage a regular two-way flow of information. For example, children's next steps, ongoing progress and achievements are consistently shared. This helps to support children's learning between the nursery and home.

• On occasions some staff, particularly those working in the toddler room, do not always encourage children as well as possible to freely explore, investigate and lead their own learning during activities. • Staff benefit from regular supervision, and training needs are identified. However, leaders do not make the best use of staff's expertise in teaching to sharply focus professional development on raising the quality of teaching throughout the nursery to the highest level.

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