Tiny Stars

Highlights from Latest Inspection

Summary of key findings for parents

This provision is good • Staff meet children's individual needs well. They are particularly skilled in supporting children who have special educational needs and/or disabilities. These children are supported well by staff to progress as a result of a shared learning plan.

Effective partnerships are in place between staff, parents and professionals involved with the child. • Children develop their speech, language and communication skills well. Staff lead small-group sessions to focus on promoting children's development in this area.

• Staff are nurturing and support children's emotional needs well. Children are taught how to care for the toys and the environment. Staff m...odel positive behaviour and give gentle reminders about the rules and boundaries for safe play.

Children learn tolerance and respect. • Children actively explore, making full use of the different rooms within the nursery. They play imaginatively with high-quality resources in the sensory room and the dedicated speech room.

• A robust risk assessment process is in place. This ensures the environment is secure and that hazards are minimised effectively. • Sometimes, the monitoring of staff practice by the manager is not consistent enough to help raise the quality of teaching to an outstanding level.

• Staff have not given enough consideration to encouraging children who speak English as an additional language to also use and develop their home language within their play