Stables Daycare Limited

Stables Daycare was inspected on 20 February 2026 and received an overall rating of Expected Standard across all seven evaluation areas. Safeguarding standards are met, with leaders and staff creating an open culture where safeguarding is everyone's responsibility. The setting demonstrates warm, nurturing relationships and responsive care practices. However, the inspection identified two key areas requiring development: inconsistent curriculum understanding across rooms and inconsistent targeted language strategies for children with communication barriers. The report notes that while some rooms (particularly older age groups) show confident curriculum implementation, this confidence is not yet consistent across all rooms. Similarly, although staff support language development overall, targeted strategies are not uniformly applied, meaning some children do not receive the focused language input needed to develop communication skills securely. The setting has made progress since the last inspection in strengthening outdoor learning and staff understanding of curriculum intent, but further consolidation is needed to move from Expected Standard to Strong Standard.