Chantrey House Nursery LTD

Activities: Children sit in a circle and play with a parachute, taking turns to choose a game. Staff support younger children by offering them alternatives.

Skills , Knowledge and Behavior: Children settle well into this nursery, where they feel safe, secure and happy. Staff create a comfortable environment and know children well. They identify children's starting points in development and their next steps in learning.

Communication: Staff use conversations and an electronic app to share information, ideas and news with parents, who are encouraged to respond by posting on the app.

Community Building: They use many initiatives to engage parents, including home-learning ideas, events, celebrations and local fundraising. For example, parents and children took part in a harvest festival project and collected donations for a local food bank.

Programs and Resources: Staff differentiate activities to meet the needs of individual children, including those with special educational needs and/or disabilities.

Welcoming and Professional Staff: Staff are kind and affectionate. Children are valued and listened to as they playfully sing.

Safeguarding Training: Managers implement a safeguarding policy to support staff's practice. Staff have regular supervision meetings, where their safeguarding knowledge is monitored, and updates shared.

Play and Learning Integration: Staff sit among children reading stories, interacting and singing songs. The nursery is calm, and children listen and respond as they develop their language and vocabulary.

Transition to Primary School: Staff take time to get to know children and their families, building strong partnerships with parents.

Diversity Management: Staff support younger children by offering them alternatives. Children cuddle their key person, who responds warmly.

Child Safety Management: Staff have a clear understanding of the types of abuse and can recognise the possible signs and symptoms of abuse. Managers implement a safeguarding policy to support staff's practice.

Children's Safety and Security: Children settle well into this nursery, where they feel safe, secure and happy.

Happiness and Settling: Staff are kind and affectionate. Children are valued and listened to as they playfully sing.

Nutritional Menu: Children eat lunch together at the table, staff sit amongst them as they chat.