Avon Nursery

Highlights from Latest Inspection

Summary of key findings for parents

This provision is inadequate • The provider does not ensure that the required adult-to-child ratios are met at all times. In addition to this, staff are not always deployed effectively to meet the needs of the children.

• Children good health is not promoted well enough. Staff do not always obtain written permission from parents before administering medication to their children. • Risk assessments are ineffective.

Children are able to access small items that pose a choking hazard. This specifically refers to bark chippings in the garden. • The key-person system is not effective.

Some staff are unsure about the details relating to children in order to be able to ...support their next steps in learning. • Newly introduced systems for observing, assessing and planning for individual children are not fully implemented by all staff. This means that children do not make enough progress to ensure they are well prepared for their move to school.

It has the following strengths • Children behave well. Staff act as good role models and provide children with appropriate and gentle reminders. Children learn to share, take turns and play cooperatively.

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