A Chester nursery has received the thumbs-up from inspectors.

S4YC @ Blacon Cc, based at the Sure Start Day Nursery in Carlisle Road, Blacon, was judged to be Good in all areas in an Ofsted inspection carried out on July 31, with the report being published on August 30.

Ofsted inspector Amy Johnson reported for the nursery: "Support for children and families is strong and holistic at the nursery. Children and parents know that this is a safe place where they can talk to trusted staff.

"The provider puts tireless effort into ensuring that support for parents and children is targeted and tailored to their needs. Staff are good role models and help children begin to understand their expectations. Staff teach children about emotional literacy as they learn to understand and discuss their feelings.

"Staff help to boost children's confidence. For instance, staff offer lots of praise and encouragement to children as they learn and practise new skills."

The inspector added: "Staff promote a love of reading as a key life skill and pleasure. They support parents to share books with children in their home languages as well as in English.

"The focus on literacy also means that there are lots of opportunities for children to practise making marks and early writing skills. As a result, many children exceed expectations in literacy.

"Staff work closely with local school staff to promote children's early reading and writing skills even further in advance of their move on to school. This helps them to make the best possible progress."

The inspector also noted that children with special educational needs and/or disabilities and those in receipt of additional funding are well supported, staff working with babies are sensitive to their needs and routines, and they teach children about keeping themselves safe and healthy – for example, children learn about healthy foods and how to keep their teeth clean.

Identifying where the nursery can be even better, the inspector noted: "Staff do not always recognise or challenge some less positive behaviours and actions that it would benefit children to become more aware of. This leads to children not having as much respect for resources and the environment as staff would like."

The nursery runs for 51 weeks of the year and looks after about 80 children.

Ofsted inspections are phasing out one-word judgments for education settings. It has already been announced that such headline grades have been scrapped for schools with immediate effect this week.