Mendip House Nursery & Pre School

Highlights from Latest Inspection

Summary of key findings for parents

This provision is good • Staff create a calm and comfortable environment and form close relationships with the children.

Children use their strong attachments with the caring staff team to develop good social skills. For example, toddlers affectionately greet their friends with cuddles when they wake from their sleep. • Staff build children's confidence and self-esteem successfully and encourage them to be independent in their self-care.

For example, children learn to use cutlery and inform staff assertively that they would like to pour their own drinks. This helps to prepare children for later learning, including school. • Staff know the children well and assess their g...ood progress accurately.

They use this information effectively to plan a range of enjoyable activities. • Leaders work well with the staff to provide good-quality care and education, to support children and their families. They reflect on the setting to identify areas for development, to enhance children's experiences.

For example, leaders are currently reviewing the lunchtime routine to improve staff's deployment and reduce the time children spend waiting. • Staff do not target individual children's next steps in learning as well as they could to help them make even more progress, particularly the more able children and those who speak English as an additional language. • Staff miss opportunities to engage the older children in detailed discussion, to support them to think about and share their ideas.