Little Bear’s 2 Ltd

Highlights from Latest Inspection

Summary of key findings for parents

This provision is good • Children are happy, secure and settled.

Caring and friendly staff know the children well and form strong attachments with them. This creates a respectful, positive and nurturing atmosphere throughout the setting. • Strong partnerships with parents help to ensure they play an active role in their child's learning.

There are good systems to enable effective two-way communication between staff and parents. This enables children's learning to be fully supported at home and the nursery. • Children are independent and curious learners.

They have many opportunities to lead their own play and explore their ideas in a well-resourced and stimulati...ng environment. This enables children to feel confident to take risks and make their own decisions. • Staff are extremely enthusiastic and are determined to create an exciting and interesting environment for all children.

Staff join in fully with all the activities, extending children's learning at every opportunity. This helps to create a fun and respectful environment throughout. • Children make good progress in all areas of learning.

They are provided with a range of activities to prepare them for school. Staff are confident in preparing children for this transition. • The manager and her deputy are dedicated to children's success, and evaluate the quality of the provision well.

They take account and act on the views of staff, parents and children to improve the outcomes for children. Together, they set challenging and realistic targets for improvement. • The manager has effective systems in place to monitor and manage the performance of staff.

However, she does not fully utilise the information to identify ways to support and mentor all staff, and improve on their existing good practice further. • Staff provide a wide range of well-structured activities for the children. However, at times, staff do not organise all activities effectively in order to support children's learning, such as how food is served at lunchtimes.