A PERSHORE nursery is is celebrating after receiving an outstanding rating in its latest Ofsted inspection.

Busy Bees Birlingham in Eckington Road received the highest possible rating in all areas following the visit by inspectors.

Ofsted inspectors carried out the inspection a few weeks before the coronavirus lockdown, on March 4.

And in its report inspectors said: "Children thoroughly enjoy the time they spend in this stimulating, safe environment that is rich with resources and activities to help them thrive.

"They make excellent progress in their learning and are exceptionally well prepared in readiness for school.

"Children are extremely confident and highly motivated.”

The staff team at the nursery were also praised, inspectors saying; “All staff have an excellent knowledge of the signs and symptoms that may indicate a child is being subjected to abuse or neglect.

"They regularly update their knowledge through training. The manager uses random questioning and scenarios to check staff's understanding, including knowledge of wider safeguarding concerns. Staff fully understand the procedures to follow should they need to raise a concern.”

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Child development was given a special mention as Ofsted recognised that: “Children learn how to keep themselves safe with 'Buzz the bee'. They have visits from a first-response paramedic who teaches them basic first aid and lets them listen to the noise a defibrillator makes.”

And there was further praise as inspectors said: “The setting benefits from an extremely strong management team. The manager is proactive in making changes that will ensure children receive the very best in their care and learning. She continually reflects and monitors how improvements she has implemented have helped to raise the quality of the provision.”

Jadine Gaffney, centre director at Busy Bees Birlingham, said: “I’m so proud of my team.

"The outstanding rating reflects the hard work of each member of our team. We all work tirelessly to provide the children in our care with the best start in life and we are thrilled to have received this recognition from Ofsted. Well done Busy Bees Birlingham .”

The full report can be found at ofsted.gov.uk. For more on the nursery visit busybeeschildcare.co.uk/nursery/birlingham.