Rainbow Day Nursery in Leyland

Ofsted rating for Rainbow Day Nursery

Last inspected 3 October 2022

What it's like to attend

• Children arrive eager to learn at the homely, welcoming environment and build warm and trusting relationships with kind and caring staff.
• Children demonstrate they feel happy, safe and secure, developing confidence and self-esteem through new activities.
• Children are independent, carrying out small tasks, demonstrating good hygiene practices, and showing care and concern for others.
• Children are provided with a variety of healthy and nutritious snacks and hot meals, with staff catering to individual dietary requirements.
• Overall, children make good progress with their communication and language development through songs and stories.
• Children's behaviour is very good, with staff supporting them to talk about their feelings and manage emotions appropriately.
• Parents feel empowered to support their children's learning at home, receiving ideas, games, and daily routine information through an online app and staff communication.
• Staff training has a positive impact on children's learning, with effectively implemented tummy-time activities for babies to build core-muscle strength.

• 1Provide children with greater opportunities, particularly when asking them questions, to think critically and problem solve.
• 2Support staff to precisely sequence activities around children's current abilities and individual skills, providing them with appropriate challenge.