Parkgate Nursery

Activities: Pre-school children relish making play dough. They know the ingredients to use and how to make the dough.

Skills , Knowledge and Behavior: They solve problems set by staff, such as how to divide the dough equally between themselves.

Communication: Parents speak positively about the care and education their children receive.

Welcoming and Professional Staff: Parents say staff are friendly and approachable.

Safeguarding Training: Regular training helps to keep the staff's knowledge of legal requirements up to date.

Play and Learning Integration: They scramble up the climbing wall with support from staff and eagerly come down by themselves.

Transition to Primary School: The manager and staff have a clear understanding of how children learn. They support children to achieve their next steps and future learning.

Child Safety Management: Staff complete daily safety checks and remove any hazards as soon as they are identified to ensure the nursery is safe.

Teaching Personal Safety: Two-year-old children learn to pour their own drinks at snack time and pre-school children take themselves to the bathroom.

Happiness and Settling: They laugh and scream with delight as the car reaches the bottom, their success encourages them to do this again.