Quality Care For Children Aged 3 Months - 11 Years
We received outstanding in our most recent Ofsted inspection which took place on January 9th 2012, below is a summary of the report:
- Well-established partnerships with other settings and agencies significantly contribute to promoting children's learning, development and welfare.
- Good partnerships with parents ensure each child's needs are met.
- There is a comprehensive awareness of safeguarding among staff in the setting which ensures children's welfare is robustly promoted and protected.
- All staff members show a high level of interest in what children say and do and spend time responding to them and engaging them in play.
- Extensive monitoring, analysis and self-challenge enables staff in the setting to maintain improvement and continually improve outcomes for children.
- Babies demonstrate they feel content safe and secure.
- The setting places an extremely high priority on keeping children safe; for example, to ensure concerns are prioritised and dealt with effectively, three senior members of staff have undertaken advanced training courses in child protection.
- The setting provides a service that is inclusive for all children and their families.
- Parents are encouraged to become involved in the setting and contribute to improvements in children's development.
- Children have outstanding opportunities to feel safe and learn to be safe, lead healthy lifestyles and make a positive contribution.
- All children, particularly those in the baby room, benefit greatly from a harmonious environment and calm caring staff members.
- Healthy eating is given high priority. All food is cooked and prepared using fresh ingredients with particular attention given to minimising sugar and salt.
Ofsted Summary
