Little Stars Nursery

Philosophy: The educational ethos of this nursery is excellent.

Activities: Staff skilfully create an environment filled with activities and experiences that ignite children's curiosity and evoke awe and wonder.

Skills , Knowledge and Behavior: Children eagerly listen to staff read their new story about a witch and a dragon and excitedly learn a new song about it. They learn about the characters and are beginning to recall what happens with confidence.

Communication: Parent partnerships are exceptional. Staff work very closely with all families. They ensure parents are kept highly informed about their children's time at nursery and value their input and contributions.

Programs and Resources: An abundance of initiatives to support children with special educational needs and/or disabilities and those who speak English as an additional language are in place.

Staff Training: The special educational needs coordinator has an excellent understanding of her key role.

Welcoming and Professional Staff: Staff report that they feel incredibly well supported in their roles. Managers recognise the hard work of their team and are sensitive to their staff's well-being and needs.

Safeguarding Training: Induction processes for new staff are extremely thorough. All staff are suitably vetted to work with children.

Play and Learning Integration: Staff skilfully create an environment filled with activities and experiences that ignite children's curiosity and evoke awe and wonder.

Transition to Primary School: They are extremely well prepared for their future learning, including school, well in advance of moving on.

Diversity Management: Children's backgrounds, home lives and cultures are celebrated. Staff offer children a wealth of experiences to broaden their horizons.

Child Safety Management: The premises are highly secure and safe. The nursery environment is well organised, and cleanliness is maintained throughout.

Children's Safety and Security: Key-person arrangements are excellent. Managers and staff make use of the settling-in period to go above and beyond to get to know children and families amazingly well from the outset.

Happiness and Settling: Children are highly settled and content to attend. They comment that they really enjoy nursery.

Nutritional Menu: The nursery menu is very nutritious and is constantly updated in line with nutritional and dental health guidance.