Ofsted Report

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BAKEWELL NURSERY SCHOOL - WE ARE OUTSTANDING! OFSTED REPORT, JANUARY 2008

Here are a few of the 'outstanding' quotes from our recent Ofsted report:

• The leadership and management is outstanding. The Head of the Nursery School has exceptionally clear and concise aims for the provision and these are shared enthusiastically by the staff.
  
  
• The Head and Staff have compiled a set of folders to show how their outstanding values are put into practice and how these relate to the 'Every Child Matters' papers. Each staff member has contributed towards this with samples of excellent activities they have planned or photographs of children enjoying them.
  
  
• The Nursery School employs qualified staff only, ensuring the children are cared for by experienced and knowledgeable adults.
  
  
• The Head of the Nursery School is a qualified teacher with extensive experience working with children.
  
  
• The Head has two Deputies supporting her, one within the Foundation Stage Unit who is also a qualified teacher and is working towards an 'Early Years Professional Status' (EYPS) qualification and one working with the under three-year-old children who has a National Nursery Examination Board (NNEB) qualification. The Head of the Nursery uses her skills and knowledge to develop her staff with in-house training and she encourages staff with particular strengths to support their peers.
  
  
• The quality of teaching and learning is outstanding because staff have an excellent knowledge and understanding of the Foundation Stage curriculum and they are able to link the individual stepping stones and early learning goals to the children's progress and help the children to move forward.
  
  
• The children are progressing at an exceptional rate towards their early learning goals and are well prepared for school at the end of their time within the Nursery School.
  
  
• The staff have high expectations for the children and they support and challenge them in order for the children to achieve their full potential within all activities.
  
  
• The babies are cared for in a friendly, warm and sociable room where their individual care needs are met by well-qualified and experienced staff who exhibit an outstanding caring attitude.
  
  
• Children are extremely confident and self-assured learners within this provision because of the excellent way in which the staff praise the children for achievements and support them to develop further.
  
  
• All children are included in the activities as staff use exceptional differentiation to support and challenge the wide range of children within their care.
  
  
• Staff are able to support children with learning difficulties and/or disabilities due to the comprehensive policy the Nursery School uses and help from the knowledgeable and experienced Special Needs Co-ordinator.
  
  
• The partnership with parents is outstanding. They are provided with excellent information about what their children are doing within the nursery school and how this helps them to develop in the different areas of the Foundation Stage.
  
  
• The Nursery School supports an outstanding home link by providing fortnightly activities the parents can help their children to do at home and this develops a continuity of education from the provision to the home involving the parents in the children's learning.
  
  
• Staff provide the parents with excellent opportunities to talk about their children and how they are progressing within informal chats, arranged meetings and also talks on the phone.
  
  
• The provision has excellent relationships with the parents of the children they care for and educate and continually look for ways they can improve this or support their parents further.
  
  
• The setting is committed to the care and education of all its children; they ensure that all children are able to receive their curriculum and care through dedicated work from their highly committed, caring and professional staff.