A BURTONWOOD nursery was praised by Ofsted inspectors for its ‘enthusiastic and caring staff team’ following an inspection earlier this year.

Cotton Tails Day Nursery and Link Club on Mercer Street was awarded a rating of good after inspectors visited the site on February 28.

Inspectors noted that ‘children have formed strong bonds and they are happy and settled within nursery’ and staff have ‘created an interesting play environment, which encourages children to be confident and exploratory learners’.

The recently revised policies for safeguarding are securely understood by staff at all levels, the report added.

The nursery missed out on the highest rating because opportunities to enhance the ways staff support children to extend their interest in numbers when outdoors have not been fully considered and there is scope to extend the wide range of information already gathered about children on entry.