A day nursery in Wokingham has received a ‘good’ Ofsted rating, less than a year after being told it ‘requires improvement’. 

The report found that the children attending Bright Horizons Day Nursery and Preschool are “happy and safe”, whilst staff are “calm, caring, and highly responsive” to the needs of the children in their care. 

Bright Horizon is open on weekdays between 7.30am and 6pm and is in receipt of funding for the provision of early years education for children aged two, three and four years. 

The facility, located on Molly Millars Lane, was inspected on July 26 and measured against key performance indicators including the quality of the education, behaviour and attitudes, personal development, and leadership and management. It achieved a rating of ‘good’ across the board. 

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The manager was said to have a “clear understanding” of what children need to learn next and “successfully supports” the 13 members of staff in order to achieve this. Nine of which hold “appropriate” early years qualifications. 

Staff design “highly individualised” plans for children, meaning they all make “good development progress” - including those with special educational needs or disabilities (SEND). 

A nursery spokesperson explained that it has introduced a new curriculum called 'Bright Beginnings', which “centres around children’s wellbeing”. 

They said that staff are supported “to plan effectively and individually” for each child using the new curriculum, with activities planned around child’s “own personal interests”. 

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“There is now a strong focus on communication and language development at the nursery which allows the children to make good progress,” they added. 

The report also specifies that staff have a “clear awareness” of all aspects of safeguarding and the manager “continually enhances” their knowledge of child protection “through training, research, and attending meetings”. 

In order to further improve the quality of the early years provision, the report suggested Bright Horizons should “strengthen the partnerships” with parents to more regularly explore “exchanging information”.  

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The nursery said it is “delighted” with the improvements that had been made prior to the latest inspection, having received an overall rating of ‘requires improvement’ during a previous visit in September 2021. 

That report found the quality of the education at the time to be “variable” and required the nursery to monitor the staff’s implementation of the curriculum “more precisely”, as well as providing a “well-planned” learning programme focusing particularly on SEND children and improving the quality of support offered by staff. 

The nursery spokesperson added: “We are delighted with the improvements and impact made as a result of introducing Bright Beginnings and will continue to strive for further improvements within our rich learning environment.”