Ofsted Report

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‘OUTSTANDING' OFSTED INSPECTION!

Wow! We are ‘outstanding'!

On Tuesday, 20th December 2011 Ofsted carried out an Inspection on the quality and standards of the registered early years provision at Bakewell Nursery School.
We are absolutely delighted to be able to inform you that we have received the highest possible grading – i.e. ‘Outstanding' in every category for this inspection!

To receive such a mark of distinction is, indeed, a rare occurrence!
A full copy of this Inspection Report can be found by clicking on ‘Ofsted Report'.
We are all, obviously, very proud of our ‘outstanding' Nursery School! What a wonderful achievement!

As you will see - the report is absolutely full of ‘outstanding' and ‘exceptional' quotes where our ‘Nursery promotes a wonderful – child orientated environment where children can reach their full potential', the children ‘blossom at the Nursery' and ‘the Nursery supports inclusive practice in an exceptional way'.

Here are some more ‘exceptional' quotes from our Ofsted Report!

• The head of the nursery is highly qualified, experienced and has a positive vision. She is an inspiring role model leading a team of knowledgeable, enthusiastic staff. She continually reflects and reviews practice to maintain a consistent capacity for future development. Consequently, this has a significantly high impact on children's learning and promoting their interests.
  
• Children benefit from exemplary levels of supervision and individual attention. They blossom at the nursery.
  
• The enthusiastic, knowledgeable staff ensure the children make outstanding progress at this inclusive nursery.
  
• The nursery supports inclusive practice in an exceptional way. The management team employ a whole team approach and all practitioners are innovative and passionate about their roles in raising standards for children.
  
• Children's welfare, learning and development is supported extremely well. Children make consistently excellent progress towards the early learning goals, relative to their starting points. This is because staff make exceptional use of their observations of children in planning activities that support their individual development.
  
• Children's preferred learning styles are identified and staff ensure that resources are organised dynamically to support these.
  
• Processes of monitoring children's progress in learning are highly effective in recognising their individual achievements and identifying the next steps in each child's learning and development plan.
  
• Children experience an excellent balance of adult-led and child-initiated activities.
  
• Excellent use is made of the available space.
  
• Children's imagination and creativity is enhanced through their access to a wealth of activities, both inside and outside.
  
• Practitioners use positive strategies to help children to develop excellent social skills, behave well and respect each other.
  
• Throughout the nursery and particularly for babies, children's emotional needs are met exceptionally well.
  
• Staff develop excellent relationships to enable the children to feel comfortable and secure.
  
• Children have ample opportunities to become independent and to make choices.
  
• The premises are extremely clean and the nursery fully promotes healthy lifestyles by providing all children with a well-balanced range of tasty, nutritious food.
  
• Their physical development is exceptionally well promoted both within the indoor and outdoor environment.
  
• Children thoroughly enjoy their time at the nursery, their art-work is displayed prominently, showing how children's work is valued. Thus, having a positive impact on self-esteem and children feeling important.
  
• The curriculum is rich, promoting communication, literacy and numeracy.
  
• Excellent resources promote an understanding of shape, colour, measurements and volume.
  
• They have ample opportunities to develop an understanding of technology, effectively using resources, such as the computer and calculator. As a result, children are developing important skills for their future economic well-being.
  
• The nursery promotes a wonderful child orientated environment where children can reach their full potential.
  
• They provide excellent care for them and host in the main an extensive range of activities. Partnerships with parents, the local schools and outside agencies are nurtured exceedingly well. Meticulous systems in place ensure all welfare requirements are very successfully met to promote a high quality service for children and their families.
  
• Robust self-evaluation is used to continually monitor and review all areas of the provision, so that their capacity to maintain high standards and plan for further improvement is inspiring.
  
• Highly effective systems ensure that children are safeguarded throughout the nursery.
  
• Rigorous recruitment and vetting procedures ensure that adults working with the children are suitable to do so.
  
• Robust risk assessments are completed throughout the nursery.
  
• Management ensures that the environment is extremely safe, secure and well maintained promoting children's safety and health at all times.
  
• All the required documentation is outstandingly organised to ensure that the setting delivers exceptional quality care and education.
  
• Practitioners demonstrate an exceptional commitment to working in partnership with parents and provide superb opportunities for them to become involved in the life of the nursery.
  
• Parents have excellent opportunities to discuss their children's learning and development and are proactive in their children's learning journey records.
  
• The nursery has successfully established outstanding links with other early years settings that children attend to ensure continuity of care and effective progression.
  
• The nursery has dynamic partnerships with local businesses and the church.
  
• The parents are provided with excellent information about the Early Years Foundation Stage and find out about the nursery's latest news by visiting the website.
  
• Children demonstrate high levels of confidence in using tools and have excellent opportunities to practise these skills in different contexts.