Children 1st @ Grantham nursery has received a glowing report following an Ofsted inspection recently, achieving an 'Outstanding' in all areas rating for its excellent nursery care and education.

The highly committed team is made up of 16 staff members who have been praised by inspectors for "Ensuring the care they provide the children is of the highest quality...and work very well together as a team to ensure children's individual needs are met."

The Ofsted report said: "Overall the quality of the provision is outstanding...The nursery has highly effective procedures in place for monitoring children's learning & development."

"Children are extremely happy and settled within the nursery and are making excellent progress in their learning and development. Staff are highly knowledgeable of the Early Years Foundation Stage and are extremely pro-active in implementing activities that are planned around children's individual needs."

The nursery was also commended for its positive and proactive approach to involving parents with their child's education and development.

Grantham nursery has gone from strength to strength under the ownership of Children 1st @ Breedon Houses since purchasing the nursery from the National Day Nurseries Association (NDNA) in 2007.

The nursery had been inspected by Ofsted as "poor" prior to Children 1st ownership and has since undergone a total refurbishment and re-design of the building to include a beautiful new baby suite.

The newly designed baby suite is a particular focus for the nursery where babies from six weeks old can build relationships with familiar carers in a safe and homely environment.

Jacqui Mason, Managing Director said: "We are delighted that the hard work and dedication of the staff has been recognised by Ofsted. Our commitment to meeting the individual needs of all the children in our care enables us to provide an "outstanding" childcare service here at Children 1st @ Grantham nursery."