Benington Nursery

Activities: Children are active explorers and know where to look for bugs. They encourage each other to handle them carefully and explain to visitors why we should all look after bees.

Skills , Knowledge and Behavior: Children have numerous opportunities to build and practise skills which prepare them for reading and writing at school. Staff strategically place books all around the nursery.

Communication: Parents have the utmost praise for the staff and speak highly of the continuous improvements the provider makes. They say that they are very well informed about their children's progress and next steps in learning.

Welcoming and Professional Staff: Partnerships with parents are very strong. Parents have the utmost praise for the staff.

Safeguarding Training: Staff receive thorough training and support to ensure they understand all child protection procedures.

Play and Learning Integration: Children work together exceptionally well, such as to build an obstacle course. They take turns as they work out how to negotiate ways to move around the course.

Transition to Primary School: Children are superbly prepared for their next stage in learning and for moving on to school.

Child Safety Management: The manager and staff give the utmost priority to children's safety and well-being.

Children's Safety and Security: Children clearly feel safe, happy and secure in this high-quality, child-orientated nursery.

Teaching Personal Safety: Staff help children to understand their feelings and emotions. When children feel angry, staff sit alongside them and calmly acknowledge how they are feeling.

Happiness and Settling: Children confidently leave their parents at the door and excitedly enter the nursery in anticipation of their day.