Blenheim Children's Centre Nursery

Activities: Staff provide good opportunities to help children build on their understanding of the world. For instance, older children place toy cars and balls at the top end of cardboard tubes and eagerly observe them emerge from the other end.

Skills , Knowledge and Behavior: Children benefit from close partnerships between the manager, staff and their families. Effective information sharing means that the manager is able to pass on useful information about children's backgrounds to the staff and they plan precisely for individual children's needs. All children make good progress from their starting points.

Communication: Children benefit from close partnerships between the manager, staff and their families.

Programs and Resources: The manager uses funding effectively to improve opportunities for individual children and close any gaps in their learning.

Staff Training: Staff plan effective support for children who speak English as an additional language and those with communication difficulties.

Welcoming and Professional Staff: Children form close emotional bonds with staff and settle with ease.

Safeguarding Training: Staff know how to refer concerns for children's welfare.

Play and Learning Integration: They develop good levels of curiosity as they learn to test out their ideas.

Transition to Primary School: All children make good progress towards the next stages in their learning and are prepared well for their move to school.

Child Safety Management: Staff know how to refer concerns for children's welfare.

Happiness and Settling: Older children display friendly relationships with staff and enjoy sharing experiences with them and with each other.