Ready Steady Go Childcare

A separate sleep room, a quieter sensory room and a garden with an indoor sandpit give Ready Steady Go Childcare a recognisable character: children have places to be active, places to explore and places to rest. At its May 2024 inspection, Ofsted rated the nursery Good, judged safeguarding effective and found that children with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND) benefited from an individualised curriculum and coordinated support.

The Mendip Avenue nursery in Worle, Weston Super Mare, takes children from birth to five and has capacity for 69 children. Its progression from Baby Room through Tiny Tots Room and Toddler Room to Preschool Room keeps different stages of development separate. Full-day and half-day attendance are both offered.

Rooms and Ages

Baby Room, for birth to 12 months, combines crawling, rolling and messy exploration with an introduction shaped around each baby’s routines. Physical discovery sits alongside getting comfortable with unfamiliar people and surroundings.

Tiny Tots Room serves children aged one to two, with a separate sleep room containing cots, a sensory room for quieter play and stories, and another space for crafts and meals. That separation matters: rest does not have to share a room with messy activities or lunch.

Toddler Room, for two- to three-year-olds, combines independently chosen construction and pretend play with a craft room offering water, soil and sand, plus direct access to the garden. Children can move between hands-on exploration, quieter activities and outdoor movement.

Preschool Room, for ages three to five, links its indoor spaces with the garden and combines open-ended resources, a reading corner and creative activities with practical tasks such as preparing snacks. Independence becomes part of ordinary nursery life, rather than something reserved for a special activity.

Learning and Activities

The EYFS framework shapes the day through play and individual learning, covering language, movement, relationships, early literacy and mathematics, creativity and understanding the world. These are the foundations of early-years provision; here, the concrete detail lies in how children use the rooms and resources.

Preschool mornings include wake & shake, a singing, dancing and movement activity. Construction materials and natural objects invite children to investigate and solve problems, while baking, painting and mark-making give them different ways to experiment and communicate. The rooms and learning page explains the arrangements for each stage.

In May 2024, older children used small construction bricks to develop their ideas and talked about what they had made. A world map helped connect those ideas with holidays and other experiences. Younger children searched for insects with picture prompts, while staff added language to what they were discovering. These examples show learning growing out of something children wanted to investigate.

Outdoor and Community Life

Daily garden time is part of the routine. The outdoor space includes shaded areas and an indoor sandpit, giving children different ways to play as conditions change. Preschool children can ride and climb as well as explore natural materials.

Tiny Tots take buggy outings to places including parks, shops and a duck pond. Older children also make trips using different forms of transport, extending their experience beyond the nursery’s own spaces. In May 2024, a visiting police officer brought a vehicle whose lights and sirens helped children explore the role of people who keep them safe.

Relationships and Communication

Each child has a key person who shares information with parents and helps shape learning around individual needs. Complimentary stay-and-play sessions support settling, with introductions adapted to the child rather than treated as a single fixed process. Babies’ home routines are followed where possible, and breastfeeding is supported.

Tapestry, the online learning diary, gives parents access to observations and photographs and lets them contribute material from home. Baby families also receive a day diary; toddler communication combines conversations, day diaries and online updates. This gives parents more than one route for sharing changes in routines or interests.

In May 2024, babies received comfort from familiar adults when tired or unsettled, and staff supported children moving between rooms. Parents’ routines informed care, including baby-led weaning, while staff offered practical help with toilet training. These are useful examples of care and learning being connected rather than handled separately.

Inclusion and Wellbeing

The nursery works with North Somerset and local support agencies to address individual needs. In May 2024, staff shared and reviewed information with families and other professionals, made referrals where needed and directed additional funding towards needs such as sensory support.

Food is home-cooked, with a menu intended to give children different tastes. Preschool snack preparation and washing up also bring everyday self-care into the day. When children move on, their learning diary helps pass relevant educational information to their next school.

Sessions and Attendance

Full-day and half-day sessions are offered, alongside efforts to accommodate different hours for families using government funding. Opening hours are 8am to 6pm, Monday to Friday, with an earlier 7am opening or a later 7pm finish also offered. Those extended opening options are useful to families whose working day falls outside the main window.

The nursery operates for 49 weeks a year. Visits can be requested through its booking form, and enquiries can be made by telephone on 01934 513 449 or by email at ready-steadygo@mail.com.

Getting There

The address is 10-12 Mendip Avenue, Weston Super Mare, BS22 6HW, in the residential Worle setting. This profile concerns that nursery, rather than the separate preschool at St Peters Church in Milton.

Funding and Paid Extras

Government-funded childcare is accepted, as are childcare vouchers and tax-free childcare. Families should obtain current prices in the nursery’s written quotation, keeping the funded portion of attendance separate from any additional paid hours.

• Group activity length. In May 2024, some organised activities lasted too long for less confident children, and interruptions affected engagement. Ask how group sessions are now adjusted so children can remain involved.
• Settling and room changes. Complimentary stay-and-play sessions and individually tailored introductions are part of the approach. A visit is a useful opportunity to discuss how your child’s routines would carry into Baby Room or their next room.
• The attendance package. Full-day and half-day sessions, extended opening options and government funding can produce different arrangements. Request a written quotation setting out your chosen pattern and how meals and consumables are treated.

Ready Steady Go suits families seeking either full-day attendance or half-day sessions, with children progressing through age-based rooms and parents contributing to their learning through Tapestry. Its strongest practical details are the separation of sleep and quieter play, daily outdoor access and opportunities for children to take on everyday tasks.

The May 2024 assessment provides a positive quality baseline, alongside a clear improvement point about keeping group activities engaging. For parents weighing this nursery, the useful combination is room-by-room progression, adaptable settling and communication that links nursery learning with life at home.