Ashbourne Day Nurseries at Leavesden

Highlights from Latest Inspection

Summary of key findings for parents

This provision is good The partnership with parents to promote children's care is inspiring. Children fully benefit from staff's exceptional capacity to tailor care routines to their needs. As a result, children swiftly settle at nursery.

They are comfortable and happy. Staff are extremely attentive towards children, who fully understand what is expected from them. Children play in harmony and are very friendly with each other.

Staff conduct secure assessments of children's skills. They identify their starting points and continuous next steps in learning. Tracking of children's skills shows that children progress at a good pace.

All children are effectively chal...lenged by the qualified staff. For example, babies learn about body parts, through songs, stories and fun games. Toddlers enjoy making pizzas, learning to share, taking turns and using new vocabulary.

Pre-school children use straws, sticks, bricks and wooden spoons as props to retell a story. Teaching is good and sometimes, outstanding. The manager and room leaders closely monitor staff's practice and teaching.

There is a secure support system for staff, who benefit from regular supervision meetings, training and opportunities for continuous professional development. This is positively reflected in the excellent quality of care and education. It is not yet outstanding because: Staff do not exchange enough information about children's learning with other settings that they attend to ensure that children have continuous support at nursery.

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