Little Hands Nursery, Epsom Common

Highlights from Latest Inspection

Summary of key findings for parents

This provision is good • Effective procedures are in place to ensure the nursery provides a safe environment for the children. External doors are kept locked and parents and visitors are individually welcomed into the nursery.

• Staff are warm and caring with all children in their care. They know children well and are sensitive to their immediate needs. This helps children to settle in quickly and develop close emotional attachments.

• Children learn how to be safe. They demonstrate this as they climb trees with control, handle and use a range of real-life tools such as drills and hammers, and listen to and follow instructions from staff. • Parents' feedback is very posi...tive.

They are provided with a broad range of information to help them understand the aims of forest school sessions and how they complement children's learning. • Children are friendly and self-confident when talking to authorised visitors about their activities and what they like in the nursery. For example, older children talk about the different bugs that they may find in the woodland.

• On occasions, the manager has not used self-evaluation effectively enough to identify precise targets, to help drive overall standards to an outstanding level. • The manager is aware of the need for staff to receive regular supervisions. However, this process is not yet fully embedded effectively to support and enhance teaching to the highest level.