A MALVERN nursery has been given a glowing Ofsted report.

The Pied Piper pre-school nursery was rated "very good" in all six assessment areas.

Inspectors were impressed with the range of activities available and with the 13 members of staff.

They said: "Staff are well experienced and use their knowledge to differentiate and adapt the activities to challenge more able children and support younger ones."

Susan Rye, a nursery supervisor along with Sharon Sitzer and Karen Moore, said: "We're very pleased. The report endorses what we've been doing.

"Part of the reason for our success is that we have an open door policy, so parents can always come and talk to us. We also have a large number of experienced staff, most of whom have had children of their own."

The nursery is based at the Methodist Church hall in Somers Park Avenue and currently looks after 57 two-and-a-half to four-year-olds.

The Ofsted report's key assessment areas were personal, social and emotional development, communication, language and literacy, mathematical development, knowledge and understanding of the world, physical development and creative development.