Burnwood Nursery Bulletin Board
Ofsted report 9th-10th Nov 2009-
Inspection judgements- every category 1- outstanding. The Nursery was judged to be outstanding at the last inspection and has improved further since. Overall effectiveness: how good is the school- 1 outstanding The school’s capacity to improve-1 outstanding This outstanding nursery school enables children to make exceptionally good progress, often from every low starting points. The nursery is a magical place for children to thrive and develop enthusiasm for learning. The nursery fully deserves the excellent reputation that it has in the locality as a beacon of good practice. Children love coming to the Nursery. They become thoroughly involved in the learning activities provided for them because staff ensure that activities are firmly based on children’s interests and needs. As a result, children make excellent progress. By the time they leave Nursery, most children have reached expected levels of attainment for their age group and are well on the way to meeting the goals set for the end of the Early Years Foundation Stage. Children achieve particularly well in their personal, social and emotional development. Their welfare is exceptionally well provided for so that they feel safe and secure at all times. There is a clear focus on developing children’s confidence and self-esteem. Their achievements are celebrated, praised and encouraged, with parents and carers drawn into the process of assessing how well their children are doing. Children with additional learning needs are identified promptly and given excellent support. As a result, a significant proportion of children show a reduction in their level of need by the time they are ready to transfer to Reception classes. Learning activities are outstanding because staff have an exceptionally good understanding of how children learn. Children have ample opportunities to investigate and discover new things for themselves. Provision to promote children’s personal, social and emotional development is excellent. Staff have identified a need to enhance this further by finding appropriate ways to introduce relationships education so as to help children get on well with people as they grow up. Outstanding leadership continues to inspire and excellent leadership team. The team successfully ensures staff and governors develop skills and commitment that underpin and maintain the high-quality provision. This has had a significant impact on children’s attainment, achievement and progress. Self evaluation is extremely good because of the ongoing focus on refining and adjusting provision to meet children’s changing needs. This means the nursery is exceptionally well placed to maintain the excellent quality of education and care it consistently provides. Outcomes for individuals and groups of pupils/ children 1- outstanding. Outcomes for quality of provision 1- outstanding. They make rapid progress in their personal and social development and in establishing early literacy and numeracy skills. The school’s records for the past 3 years show that most children transferred from the Nursery to Reception classes having reached the expected levels for their age. Effective routines enable them to establish good and improving self-help and independence skills. Children show that they can concentrate for extended periods: this is because they become absorbed in activities which interest and engage them. Children’s behaviour is extremely good. They make very good progress in their physical development because activities are carefully planned to match children’s needs. Their attendance is very good, reflecting the Nursery’s excellent partnership with parents and carers. Excellent planning includes continuous evaluation and review. Assessment gives an excellent picture of individual children’s progress. Parents and carers are very well informed about how their children are doing. Learning activities are exceptionally well designed to capitalise on children’s interests and promote exceptional levels of independence. Excellent attention is given to ensuring that children are safe and free from harm at all times. Outstanding induction arrangements and excellent relationships between staff, parents and carers help ensure pastoral care is of the highest quality. Transition to the Primary is managed exceptionally well. The support for children with particular needs and their families is of exceptionally high quality and is one reason these children are very happy in the Nursery and make excellent progress. The Nursery works productively with a large number of external agencies and often takes a leading role in collaborative action to support individual families. Leadership and Management 1- outstanding All wholeheartedly share the headteacher’s clear vision for taking the Nursery forward to achieve the best possible outcomes for its children. At the time of the inspection, safeguarding was seen to be given extremely high priority, with staff and governors showing excellent awareness of safeguarding issues and with highly effective procedures in place. The Nursery is highly inclusive and is very effective in improving children’s life chances and tackling discrimination. Staff are deployed very effectively to ensure excellent supervision at all times and also to support the development of innovative practice. Governors have a detailed knowledge of how provision is working and individual governors work closely with the extremely effective headteacher and her staff to review and evaluate the impact of the various aspects of the Nursery’s work. This is instrumental in ensuring that the work of the Nursery is of high quality. The school promotes community cohesion actively and extremely well through its partnership with parents, its extensive community links, through its activities as a training school for student practitioners, through its very good relationship with the Children’s Centre and local schools and playgroups, and through the leading role it plays in its fostering interagency work to promote children’s health, welfare and learning .
