A NURSERY in North Petherton is celebrating after being graded ‘outstanding’ across the board by Oftsed yet again.

The Avenue Nursery in Hyde Park Avenue was praised by inspectors for its early years’ provisions to the wellbeing of children and the effectiveness of the leadership and management.

The nursery has been open for 23 years and has children from the age of two to four-years.

Staff and parents were delighted with the latest Ofsted report.

Owner Christine Stevens said she was “thrilled” at the latest Ofsted report and said it was a real team effort.

She added: “All credit must go to our dedicated staff, the wonderful children we are privileged to look after and our very supportive parents.”

Its the second time the nursery has been given an Outstanding rating.

In the report, inspectors said: “The quality of teaching is consistently excellent.

“Staff are highly skilled and are extremely confident in their knowledge of how children learn and develop through play.

“Settling-in procedures are excellent and individual to the needs of each child.

“Staff make extremely good use of early visits to talk to parents about what their children like to do, and about how they will monitor each child’s progress.” The report also praised staff interaction with youngsters and said it was thoroughly deserving of its ‘outstanding’ grade.

The report added: “Children have excellent relationships with staff, who are extremely caring and responsive to their needs.

“Children are happy and confident, with very good self-esteem.

“A major strength of the setting is the quality of staff supervision and performance management.

The provider values the skills of the staff team highly, and dedicates time to their ongoing professional development, including training.

“As a result, staff have excellent motivation and are successful in sustaining the highest possible standards of care and learning for children.”

Christine added: “The Avenue Nursery School continues to grow from strength to strength and we are delighted with our second outstanding inspection in all areas.”