The Riverside Day Nursery

Activities: Children follow instructions to move coloured hoops and bean bags to develop their recognition of colours and shapes.

Skills , Knowledge and Behavior: Staff embrace every opportunity to challenge children's thinking and teach them new skills.

Communication: Staff nurture children and support them to develop a sense of belonging. Parents say their children settle very quickly at the nursery and they are extremely happy with the level of support the children receive.

Programs and Resources: Staff monitor children's development and plan precisely to ensure all children, including those with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND), make excellent progress from their starting points.

Staff Training: Support for children with SEND is exceptional. The manager successfully secures early support from professionals, such as specialist teachers.

Welcoming and Professional Staff: Children form very strong bonds with staff who nurture them.

Safeguarding Training: Arrangements for safeguarding are effective. All staff fully understand their responsibilities for child protection.

Play and Learning Integration: Staff expertly weave learning into play.

Transition to Primary School: Staff prepare children very well for school.

Diversity Management: Children with English as an additional language make excellent progress from their starting points.

Child Safety Management: Arrangements for safeguarding are effective. All staff fully understand their responsibilities for child protection.

Children's Safety and Security: Staff nurture children and support them to develop a sense of belonging. Parents say their children settle very quickly at the nursery and they are extremely happy with the level of support the children receive.

Happiness and Settling: Parents say their children settle very quickly at the nursery and they are extremely happy with the level of support the children receive.

Nutritional Menu: Mealtimes are a highly sociable and organized experience. For instance, children gain an awareness of keeping each other safe as they talk about allergies and how they can help to minimize risks.