Adderbury Day Nursery

Highlights from Latest Inspection

Summary of key findings for parents

This provision is good The management team regularly seeks the views of other professionals, such as the local authority advisers, including those who support children who have special educational needs (SEN) and/or disabilities. There are strong links with the local pre-schools and schools. This helps the management team to reflect on its practice and to make sure children's individual needs are consistently met.

The management team regularly observes and evaluates staff's teaching practice. It also provides individual meetings with staff where they can discuss any concerns and their development opportunities. Teaching is effective and children make good progress.

Staff... build effective relationships with children. For example, they consistently give children smiles, join in with their play and rejoice in children's individual achievements. This helps children to feel relaxed and safe and to engage in new experiencesStaff place a strong emphasis on promoting imaginative play.

They provide children with plenty of resources to inspire their imagination. For example, during role play children play with real lemons, carrots, onions and parsnips. Staff join in with the pirate-themed imaginary play.

They wear bandanas and model how to use cardboard tubes as telescopes to look for the pretend treasure. It is not yet outstanding because: The management team does not fully explore how the early years pupil premium funding can be best used so that children make the best possible progress. The management team does not monitor the effectiveness of the range of methods that encourages parents' involvement in their children's care and learning.