Little Oaks Nursery, Acomb

Communication: Staff use electronic and verbal methods of communication to help ensure parents are extremely well informed about their child's day.

Community Building: Parents cannot speak highly enough of staff and the quality of education and care they provide. They feel fully involved in their children's learning.

Programs and Resources: Support for children with special educational needs and/or disabilities is very good.

Staff Training: Staff have completed specialised training to support them in their work with children outdoors.

Welcoming and Professional Staff: Staff are excellent role models, who encourage the children to be respectful, take turns and help others.

Safeguarding Training: All staff attend training to keep themselves up to date with procedures to protect children.

Play and Learning Integration: Children's behaviour is outstanding. They are very happy, safe and secure. Children enjoy playing with puzzles and building imaginative worlds with bricks.

Transition to Primary School: The nursery works very well in partnership with the local school and partner professionals.

Child Safety Management: Staff explain fully to children the reasons for rules and boundaries and what is expected of them. This helps children gain an exceptional understanding of the reasons for safe practices.

Children's Safety and Security: Children's behaviour is outstanding. They are very happy, safe and secure. Those that are new settle quickly.

Teaching Personal Safety: Children have rich opportunities to learn how to keep themselves safe.

Happiness and Settling: Children love coming to the nursery and are eager and highly motivated to learn.