Matchbox Day Nursery

Activities: They plan age-appropriate, interesting activities that children are keen to explore. For instance, children excitedly join in with role-play activities and use their imagination well.

Skills , Knowledge and Behavior: Staff have high expectations of children and successfully help them to make good progress in all areas of learning.

Programs and Resources: Children with special educational needs and/or disabilities or who have any delays in their learning are supported well. Staff plan supportive activities and quickly recognise any possible gaps in children's learning.

Staff Training: Leaders and staff form good partnership working with other professionals. They seek advice from other agencies about additional ways they can support children who may need additional help and implement this accordingly.

Welcoming and Professional Staff: Children play happily and confidently in this safe, welcoming and well-organised nursery. They benefit from staff's sensitive and responsive interactions with them and are well cared for.

Safeguarding Training: Staff follow safety procedures well, such as regularly assessing risks in all areas that children use. Staff are aware of wider safeguarding issues, such as the 'Prevent' duty guidance.

Play and Learning Integration: Children benefit from staff's good partnerships with parents, overall. They learn to play and cooperate with others and develop good social skills. Staff teach children how to resolve minor conflicts with each other and how to share.

Transition to Primary School: They make developing children's confidence, independence and language skills a clear priority, to help prepare children for the next stage in their development.

Child Safety Management: The nursery is secure and safe.

Children's Safety and Security: Children play happily and confidently in this safe, welcoming and well-organised nursery.

Teaching Personal Safety: Staff teach children how to resolve minor conflicts with each other and how to share.

Happiness and Settling: Children play happily and confidently in this safe, welcoming and well-organised nursery.