Merryfields Playschool

Highlights from Latest Inspection

Summary of key findings for parents

The provision is good • The management committee and staff team are dedicated to providing high-quality care and education. They reach out to community partners, such as the children's centre, to organise activities and events that benefit the children and families who attend. For example, they make floats for the local carnival and 'extreme read' storytelling events.

• Staff are enthusiastic and actively participate in children's play. They respond to children's ideas with interest and show that they value children's home experiences. For example, they use strategies such as open-ended questioning to extend children's communication and language development.

• Staff demo...nstrate high expectations and belief in children's capabilities. For example, children access a food station independently. They serve themselves cereals and make toast.

Staff support children to understand safety rules, such as the careful operation of the toaster and how to correctly use a knife. • Children are confident in their surroundings and become keen communicators. They develop positive attitudes towards learning.

For example, children ask to visit the horses nearby to feed them the leftover fruit from snack. It is not yet outstanding because: • Supervision meetings to enhance staff's professional development are not consistent in focusing sharply enough on raising practice to the highest level. • Staff do not precisely track children's progress to sharpen their planning and raise children's achievements to outstanding.