Ofsted
Rated OUTSTANDING by OFSTED in every area:
- The Quality of Education
- Behavior and Attitudes
- Personal Development
- Leadership and Management
“Children gain tremendous benefit from spending time in this exceptionally well-run and welcoming setting. Leaders and staff very successfully create an environment where each child’s physical and emotional well-being is prioritised and expertly nurtured. The calm, consistent and very caring approach of staff supports children to understand and manage their emotions, and they learn to behave well.”
“The leadership and management of the setting is inspiring. All working practices and procedures are carefully designed and implemented to offer the best possible standard of care and education.”
Nursery are very pleased to be sharing our most recent OFSTED inspection report with you all, in which we were graded ‘outstanding’ in all areas. We were so happy that our own expectations of ourselves for the experiences we offer children and their families is now recognised through Ofsted’s eyes and ears. Some quotes from the report are below but please open the document/click here to read the full report.
Embracing Teaching and Learning:
- Managers and staff create a curriculum that is superbly planned to respond to the immediate and evolving needs of the children attending. With the support of staff, children become highly motivated and independent learners. Younger children relish learning through discovery and trial and error. All children receive the encouragement and opportunities they need to reach their full potential. They enthusiastically take part in the broad range of activities provided and confidently use knowledge they have gained over time. Staff teach children specific techniques but are passionate about encouraging them to explore their own ideas. This results in children boldly creating wonderfully unique and expressive artwork. All staff expertly target their interactions to suit each child’s preferred learning style.
- Staff place a strong focus on promoting children’s communication and language and do this incredibly well. Throughout the setting, children confidently and excitedly use their developing language to share their ideas and engage in animated conversations.
Building Relationships:
- There is an open and positive culture around safeguarding that puts children’s interests first. Children develop excellent social skills as a result of the highly effective teaching and support they receive from staff. Staff go to exceptional lengths to get to know children and their families. Leaders and staff recognise that children learn best when they are emotionally secure. They go above and beyond expectations of their roles to work with parents to achieve this. The time, emotional support and practical help that managers and staff dedicate to helping individual families have a significant impact on outcomes for children.
Celebrating our Diverse Nursery Community:
- There are exceptionally effective arrangements to support children with special educational needs and/or disabilities. All staff are fully aware of children’s individual personalities and abilities. Staff provide excellent support for children learning English as an additional language to develop their spoken English.
- In addition, they provide story books in every one of the vast range of languages children use and hear at home. Staff recognise that this not only supports children’s all round language development, but also promotes their positive sense of self-identify. Children learn to understand and respect diversity. This prepares them well for their future lives as learners, friends, colleagues and neighbours.