Ofsted Highlights

'Good with Outstanding Elements'

Following the excellent Ofsted Inspection Reports for Buttons Hampton, February 2010 and Buttons Hanwell, August 2011, it has been an incredibly successful start to 2012 for Buttons Day Nursery Teddington. The nursery had an unannounced OFSTED inspection on the 9th January 2012, its first inspection since opening. We are extremely proud that were judged to be a 'Good' nursery with Outstanding elements. The nursery achieved 'Outstanding' in 'Effectiveness of Safeguarding Children', 'Effectiveness of Leadership and Management in Embedding Ambition and Driving Improvement' and 'The Effectiveness with which the setting Deploys Resources'. The Inspector advised that an overall 'Good' outcome, with Outstanding elements, was the highest grade that could be awarded to a new nursery especially after only being open for five months. The Inspector also commented that in the future she could see a majority of the 'Good' outcomes changing to Outstanding. The Team were ecstatic with the judgement.

What Ofsted said about the staff team:

  • Staff are knowledgeable, enthusiastic and caring and they work very well as a team to ensure children's safety is extremely well promoted.
  • The exceptionally enthusiastic and motivating management team drive forward improvements and is strongly committed to providing a high quality provision.
  • Staff take exemplary steps to safeguard children
  • The capacity to maintain continual improvement is strong. The nursery owners and management team are exceptionally well motivated and have high aspirations to provide the highest quality care for the children.
  • They ask open questions and promote discussions to prompt children to think.
  • Behaviour management strategies clearly promote strong levels of confidence and self-esteem in the children.
  • Children eat well and enjoy nutritious meals that are freshly cooked using good quality ingredients

What Ofsted said about the children:

  • Children make good progress in their learning and development as they confidently play in a child-friendly nursery where staff value and include their differing needs and backgrounds.
  • Children access a wide range of high quality toys and equipment that is easily accessible, which significantly contributes to the good progress they make in their learning and development.
  • Children develop good skills for future learning.
  • Babies happily explore good quality toys and sensory materials supported very well by warm, caring staff.
  • Children's numeracy skills develop well through play and daily routines.
  • Babies respond with interest to all adults, demonstrating they feel safe and trust adults to meet their needs.
  • Children learn about healthy living and their health is effectively promoted in a clean well-maintained nursery.