Mendip House Nursery & Pre School
GoodTakes funded hours★ 3.5 on GoogleBirth to 5Open for decades
A day nursery in Weston-Super-Mare for children from birth to 5, open 08:00 to 18:00, 5 days a week. They take the funded hours. They do not publish prices, so ask. Rated Good by Ofsted in January 2025. Open since 2002, with 42 places.
What it costs
Prices change without notice. Treat these as what to ask about, not a quote.
What childcare usually costs in North Somerset
This is not this setting's price. It is the median hourly fee across all providers in North Somerset from the Department for Education's 2025 provider survey. No national data holds what an individual nursery charges, so ring and ask.
Places, hours and the day
Who they take, when they are open, and what a day there includes.
Where it is
BS23 4EJWhat the inspector found
One grade is one visit. A run of them tells you whether it has been good for years or has only just got there.
Ofsted inspector, 21 January 2025 · read the full report
What it is like to attend
Children's personal and emotional development progresses very well at this nursery. Staff build strong relationships with them. They show genuine care for children. New babies are very sensitively supported. They soon settle, enjoying a cuddle with staff. Staff are very attentive to children's care needs, supporting their well-being closely. When older children come in from their water play outside, staff quickly help them change so that children do not get cold. They notice if children are feeling or acting a little differently. They give them cuddles, reassurance and check them carefully, continuing to monitor them to ensure they are feeling better.
Key persons within each room work together to form a planned, sequenced curriculum, outlining age-appropriate activities focused on children's individual needs. Babies relish sensory play focused on their interest in farm animals. Staff plan this carefully in a raised tray to encourage babies to develop their leg and core strength and help them progress their walking skills. Babies excitedly explore different textures, such as 'gloop' and dried food items. Staff motivate children in the preschool room to develop their dexterity and creativity in various activities.
They skilfully model ideas and techniques for them as they explore play dough, developing their hand strength and dexterity. Toddlers and pre-school children persevere to copy these and develop and extend their skills very well, showing positive attitudes. Children explore the marks they can make. Staff inspire their interest, offering them age-appropriate resources. Babies use large movements to make marks with chunky chalks outside. Older children select pencils or pens and form shapes and begin to represent things as they draw items, building useful skills to prepare them for the next stage in their learning.
What Ofsted told them to improve
To further improve the quality of the early years provision, the provider should:
- help staff to review and adapt their support during adult-led activities to consistently maintain children's attention, engagement and learning.
- 21 January 2025Good Safeguarding: Yes
- 1 May 2019Good
- 29 July 2015Outstanding
Rated Good or Outstanding at 3 of the last 3 graded inspections.
Still missing for Mendip House Nursery & Pre School
- What it costs
- Youngest age taken
- Nappies
- Waiting list
No dataset holds any of this. Two parents telling us the same thing puts it on the page for whoever looks next.
What to ask them
Some of this is above, from the setting or from parents, and it can go out of date. The rest is in no dataset anywhere. Either way it is worth ten minutes on the phone.
- What does it cost, all in? What is on top: meals, nappies, late pick-up, and what happens if you are late.
- How do you apply my funded hours? Whether they stretch them over the year, and the minimum days you have to book.
- Is there a place for my child's age? Baby rooms fill first and waiting lists are common.
- Who would my child's key person be? And how long have the staff been there. No dataset holds this and it matters more than anything above.
- Can I visit at a busy time? Mid-morning on a weekday tells you far more than an empty room after hours.
Day nurseries within a couple of miles
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