Little Rainbow Nursery

Ofsted rating for Little Rainbow Nursery

Last inspected 2 November 2023

What it's like to attend

• Staff provide a warm and welcoming environment for children, setting up invitations to play based on clear learning intentions.
• Interactions between staff and children are consistently warm and supportive; babies are quickly comforted by cuddles and reassurance.
• Leaders have developed a curriculum that ensures children know more and can do more, fostering independence from babies learning to self-feed to pre-schoolers serving their own lunch.
• Staff share consistent expectations for children's behaviour, contributing to a calm and purposeful atmosphere.
• Leaders have carefully considered the layout of rooms, providing high-quality, authentic resources that engage children with high levels of interest and curiosity.
• Staff prioritise communication and language skills through rhymes, stories, narration, and open-ended questions.
• Staff observe and engage in child-led learning, incorporating mathematical language to enhance and extend learning.
• The setting has developed links with the local school and the 'Discovery Storytelling Centre', benefiting from an inspiring outside garden and access to the centre.
• The manager is passionate about her role, with clear intentions for further improvements, and staff feel well supported with good use of supervisions for training needs.
• Leaders and staff keep parents informed through daily care diaries for babies and termly reports for older children.
• Leaders and staff have secure safeguarding knowledge and robust vetting and recruitment procedures.
• Risk assessments are secure, including for outings into the local area, ensuring a safe and hygienic setting.

• 1Ensure all staff model and support children to develop correct spoken English.
• 2Support all children to engage in group sessions to ensure they benefit from the learning intent.
• 3Consider how to further improve the feedback given to parents about their children's daily care and learning.