Children enjoy school, attend regularly and are excited to learn. Staff form positive and caring relationships with children in this warm and welcoming setting. Leaders want every child to be ready for key stage 1 when they leave this nursery. Children achieve particularly well in their personal, social and emotional development (PSED) and mathematics. Children experience a wide range of age-appropriate activities in each class. They enjoy activities about healthy eating or how plants grow, for example. Leaders have recently started to think more carefully about the essential knowledge they want the children to learn and in which order. Teachers use stories to discuss healthy relationships and staying safe. Children enjoy reading to adults in school but do not take their books home to practise their reading. Children behave well in classrooms, outdoors and around school. Lunchtimes are calm. Adults encourage children to listen carefully to others and be well-mannered. Some children share their concerns in a ‘worry box’. Adults take swift action to allay children’s fears. Unacceptable behaviour and bullying are not a problem in this school. All parents and carers who gave their views during the inspection were extremely positive. They appreciate the welcoming environment and say staff ‘genuinely care’ about their children. Many parents describe their children as ‘happy’, ‘safe’ and ‘thriving’ in school.