Small Wonders Children's Nursery

Ofsted rating for Small Wonders Children's Nursery

Last inspected 25 July 2023

What it's like to attend

• Children form strong relationships with staff from the beginning of their time at the nursery and settle in well.
• Staff implement highly effective key-person systems to ensure they get to know each child as individuals as well as their families.
• Children benefit from regular outings to a wide variety of places in the local area, including visits to beaches and polling stations.
• Staff and leaders implement a well-planned curriculum that reflects children's interests and individual needs.
• Staff ensure that environments are stimulating and attractive to children, allowing them freedom to explore and make their own choices in play.
• Staff promote children's independence well, teaching them good self-care and encouraging them to do things for themselves.
• Leaders are dedicated and driven to providing high-quality care and education for children and offer regular and supportive supervision to staff.
• Parents are complementary about the care and education their children receive, and staff update parents on their child's progress.
• The nursery fulfils its responsibility to safeguard children and protect them from harm, with staff having good knowledge of child protection issues.

• 1Enhance the narrative alongside the youngest children's play to help extend conversations and build on children's language development more effectively.
• 2Strengthen the knowledge of staff when teaching literacy skills to older children so that staff deliver a consistently high-quality curriculum for literacy.