The Long Garden Early Years Centre

Activities: They take responsibility for caring for the environment as they help staff to tidy away toys when asked.

Skills , Knowledge and Behavior: Children's behaviour is exemplary. Children show extremely high levels of concentration, and they persevere with tasks until they get them right.

Communication: Parents praise the passionate and dedicated staff team and value the bonds their children have with the staff. Staff work in harmony with parents to best support the children to make good progress and achieve their full potential. Communication between the setting and parents is highly effective.

Programs and Resources: The manager knows how to use additional funding to ensure that children from disadvantaged backgrounds and children with special educational needs and/or disabilities have access to the curriculum and make good progress from their starting points in learning.

Welcoming and Professional Staff: Children benefit from interactions with staff who know them well. For example, if children are upset when they arrive, familiar staff provide them with comfort.

Safeguarding Training: Staff have good knowledge and understanding of all aspects of child protection. They confidently describe the signs that indicate that a child may be at risk of harm or extreme behaviours. Staff also understand the procedures to follow if they are concerned about the practice of another member of staff.

Play and Learning Integration: Children spend a lot of time outdoors in the garden where they confidently explore the nursery environment and demonstrate that they are active in their learning.

Transition to Primary School: The manager and staff support children to be emotionally ready for their move on to school. They invite teachers into the nursery to see and interact with the older children.

Diversity Management: They promote children's home languages and invite members of the community into the setting to teach the children about festivals and celebrations. This supports children to learn to respect and value their wider diverse community.

Child Safety Management: The setting is safe and secure, and the manager has good systems in place to ensure that children are kept safe while they are at the setting.

Happiness and Settling: Children's behaviour is exemplary. Children show extremely high levels of concentration, and they persevere with tasks until they get them right.