Tree House Friends

Highlights from Latest Inspection

Summary of key findings for parents

This provision is good • Children's behaviour is exemplary. They respond very well to the high expectations set by all staff. Staff promote children's personal development and well-being extremely well.

Children learn to take risks and have great fun in a safe and caring setting. • Staff get to know children very well. Children develop strong independence skills and show high levels of perseverance in their learning.

They explore the natural environment with confidence. Staff interactions with children are effective and promote children's language and communication skills well. Children make good progress in their learning.

• Leaders have established an effectiv...e and well-organised setting that meets the needs of all children well. Leaders demonstrate an accurate understanding of the setting's strengths and priorities for improvement. They work effectively with staff, parents and carers to evaluate the setting.

• Leaders have not extended the programme of professional development to ensure the quality of teaching is consistently of the highest quality. Sometimes, staff miss opportunities to fully extend children's learning. • Not all staff use the newly established assessment system as effectively as possible to better support their planning procedures.