Apple Trees Nursery

Highlights from Latest Inspection

Summary of key findings for parents

This provision is good ? Staff have positive relationships with other professionals, including those who support children with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND), and the local school.

This helps them to identify any specific resources or support needed. Staff attend relevant training that gives them the skills they need to ensure children with SEND make good progress. ? Staff develop positive relationships with children.

For example, they recognise and treat each child as an individual, give reassurance, smiles, praise and they play alongside them. This helps children to feel relaxed and safe and to engage in new experiences. Parents state that their c...hildren have blossomed since attending the nursery and that their confidence has increased.

• Staff enhance parents' understanding about how their child's learning can be best supported at home, such as through daily chats, and sharing photographs and children's next steps in their learning. ? The manager has regular conversations with staff where they can seek advice and discuss their future training requirements. She regularly observes the staff's performance to make sure that their teaching skills are consistently strong.

Outcomes for all children are good. ? Some staff do not always organise group times effectively so that younger children are encouraged to fully concentrate and engage in the activities. ? Staff do not always use the information they gather from observing children to support them to make rapid progress in their learning.