A nursery where safeguarding concerns were raised has been rated good at its latest Ofsted inspection.

Bunny Run Childcare in Sham Lane, Eridge Green, near Crowborough, called in the education watchdog in October last year with concerns about safeguarding.

Now, in its latest Ofsted report, published on February 9, the nursery has been rated good in all areas – quality of education, behaviour and attitudes, personal development and leadership and management.

The report praised the nursery for its welcoming environment and the support in place for its youngsters.

It reads: “Families are welcomed at this friendly setting. Children settle quickly, happily going to familiar staff for cuddles and comfort. This supports children's emotional well-being.

“Older children delight in exploring outdoors, where staff engage them in thoughtful conversations.

“Staff encourage positive attitudes to learning and praise children frequently. They have high expectations for children.

“Where children need additional support to manage their feelings and behaviour, staff are swift to intervene.

“They patiently explain to children how their behaviour affects their friends. This helps children develop positive relationships.”

The nursery, which looks after nearly 50 children aged zero to four, was also praised for its effective safeguarding.

In the report, by inspector Victoria Salisbury, the main area for improvement was the training of staff teaching the youngest children.

It said: “To improve the quality of early years provision, the provider should strengthen the support, coaching and training for staff working with the youngest children, so that all children benefit from consistently high-quality learning and care.”

Back in October, Ofsted visited the nursery for a regulatory visit five days after it raised a safeguarding concern and found that the provider “was not meeting some of the requirements” and was served a welfare requirements notice.

This meant it had to make changes within two weeks to “ensure all managers have effective support, supervision, and coaching, to promote the interests of children”.

The watchdog returned and was satisfied that the safeguarding and welfare issues raised were resolved.