Stepping Stones Day Nursery (Clay Cross) Ltd

Activities: Staff provide a wide range of enjoyable activities and experiences that stimulate and intrigue children.

Skills , Knowledge and Behavior: Children make good progress in their learning and develop good independence skills. They join in serving food at lunchtime, change their own shoes and help with tidying up.

Communication: Staff involve parents in children's learning and feed back to them each day, which helps parents to continue children's learning at home.

Programs and Resources: The curriculum is ambitious for all children, including those with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND).

Welcoming and Professional Staff: The manager and deputy have worked together for a number of years. They have created a strong and dedicated staff team. All staff have high expectations for children and each other.

Safeguarding Training: Staff have a good knowledge of safeguarding and the procedures to report any concerns they may have about children in their care. They complete regular training to ensure their child protection knowledge remains up to date.

Play and Learning Integration: Children make good progress in their learning and develop good independence skills.

Transition to Primary School: This benefits the children as they are ready for school, when the time comes.

Diversity Management: Children show genuine kindness towards each other.

Child Safety Management: Children are kept safe as staff remain vigilant and supervise children well.

Children's Safety and Security: Children feel safe and secure with the staff that care for them.

Teaching Personal Safety: Children remind their friends to 'hold the rail' to keep them safe.

Happiness and Settling: Children show that they feel safe and secure with the staff that care for them.