Hartcliffe Nursery School and Children's Centre

Overview: Hartcliffe Nursery School and Children's Centre is a good school where children feel safe and happy. Staff provide a welcoming and supportive environment, and children develop into confident and independent learners.

Strengths:

• Children are safe and behave well because they know what staff expect of them.
• Staff seize every opportunity to develop and enrich children's learning.
• Children show many effective learning characteristics, such as taking turns and listening to others.
• The school values children's wider development, providing a range of experiences that foster curiosity and respect for others.
• Governors work with the school effectively, frequently checking that the school's actions are making a tangible difference to the children.

Areas to improve:

• The school does not ensure that all staff consistently engage in high-quality interactions with children, which can hinder children's language acquisition.
• In a few areas of learning, the school is in the early stages of providing staff with subject-specific guidance to develop their knowledge and expertise, which can lead to some staff lacking confidence to teach these areas.

Safeguarding: The arrangements for safeguarding are effective.