Secret Garden Day Nursery Limited

Activities: Children are keen to explore the good range of learning resources.

Skills , Knowledge and Behavior: Staff help children to develop mathematical skills in readiness for school. For instance, they count items of food on their plates at snack time and cotton wool balls during a cress-growing activity.

Communication: Parents speak highly of the leaders and staff. They talk about how the staff help their children to feel safe and to settle confidently. Parents comment on the strong partnerships and how staff share ideas for them to support their children's development at home.

Welcoming and Professional Staff: Staff are kind, caring and attentive. They provide emotional support for younger children when they need it, which helps them to feel safe and secure.

Safeguarding Training: Leaders make sure that staff regularly refresh their safeguarding training to keep their knowledge updated.

Play and Learning Integration: Staff engage effectively with children. Children show that they are familiar with rhymes, songs and stories, joining in with words and actions enthusiastically.

Transition to Primary School: Staff help children to develop mathematical skills in readiness for school.

Child Safety Management: All staff work hard to ensure the environment is safe and secure for children and minimize risks vigilantly.

Children's Safety and Security: Children's language development is progressing well. Staff repeat the sounds that babies make.

Happiness and Settling: Children arrive happily at the nursery. Staff greet them warmly and they respond positively to the nurturing attention.

Nutritional Menu: Children enjoy nutritious, healthy, home-cooked snacks and meals in the nursery.