CHILDREN who attend an ‘outstanding’ Warrington nursery are ‘happy’ and ‘highly motivated’, an official report says.

The Cheshire Day Nursery @ Thelwall recently had a visit from education watchdogs and received a glowing report which led to them achieving an outstanding grading in all areas of the inspection - this follows a grading of good previously.

Based on Thelwall New Road, the nursery is said to have ‘exceptionally high’ expectations for all the children who attend and in turn they make ‘excellent progress’ in their learning and development.

“Children have positive attitudes towards learning,” an inspector said.

 “At mealtimes, younger children feed themselves, toddlers competently drink from open cups and older children select their own plates and cutlery and serve their own food.

“This helps children to be fully efficient in undertaking tasks for themselves and managing their health and self-care needs.”

Among the praise handed to the setting, the report highlighted the ‘exceptional curriculum’ developed by leaders at the nursery.

As well as its strong focus on developing the children’s communication and language skills.

The report continued: “Staff provide a range of superb experiences that support children to develop their physical skills and to learn about keeping themselves safe.

“Children climb ladders to access the pretend pirate ship, they use scissors to cut things out and roast marshmallows over a fire.

“This helps children to be highly skilful in using their large and small physical skills and they have an excellent knowledge of the things they need to do to help stay safe.”

And the staff were described by inspectors as supportive and having ‘high quality’ interactions with the kids that attend the setting.

It was also noted that relationships between the parents and the nursery are strong, with parents coming in to teach the other children about their cultures and backgrounds.

“Parents read stories in Welsh and show children the Chinese traditions and parents talk to children about the range of jobs that they have, such as pilots and beekeepers.”

It continued: “Staff implement excellent teaching to help children learn about the world around them.

“Older children learn about space. Children role play being astronauts, make planets and read stories about what space is like. This helps children to comment and ask questions about the world in which they live.”