Congratulations to all the staff at Milby Nursery and Kids Club, Nuneaton who recently received ‘Outstanding’ judgements across all of the four inspection areas - leadership and management; quality of teaching, learning and assessment; personal development, behaviour and welfare; and outcomes for children.
The manager and staff are dedicated and passionate about providing the best possible outcomes for children in their care. They use their own creativity to provide inviting areas for children to explore, develop their skills and solve problems. Staff constantly reflect on their practice. They are eager to put new ideas into practice, gathered from training or research, which will have a significant impact on outcomes for children.
The manager ensures all staff receive regular supervisions to help develop their practice. She takes into consideration staff workload and their own well-being. During these meetings, staff discuss children's progress with the manager, and together they identify any improvements to be made, for example in the curriculum.
Staff teach children strategies to help them cope with different emotions and manage their behaviour. For example, children talk about how they feel when they are angry or sad.
Children's physical and emotional well-being is supported extremely well. Children enjoy following an obstacle course outside. They run in and out of cones, throw bean bags into hoops and kick a ball. Children talk about the effects of exercise on their bodies and make suggestions about drinking water and resting following exercise to slow their heartbeat down.
Staff complete a comprehensive baseline assessment with support from parents when children start. They use this information to identify children's next steps in learning. Staff act swiftly to help children who require additional support. They provide small-group work to target specific areas of learning. Where required, outside agencies are involved to deliver specialised support.
Children are confident and motivated to learn. They are developing key skills for their future learning. Children learn to become increasingly independent.
Staff share very good relationships with parents. They are continuously sharing information about children's progress and how to support their children's next steps in learning at home.
Children learn about the wider world from visitors to the nursery and trips into the local community. They enjoy forest school activities and older children go on visits to develop their knowledge through real-life experiences, for example to a farm.