Abercromby Nursery School

Overview

Abercromby Nursery School is described as a “wonderfully magical place” where children are “safe and happy” and “excel” due to “exceptional relationships” with staff. The inspection found that leaders deliver an “innovative and ambitious curriculum” that ensures every child, including those with special educational needs, receives the “very best foundation for their future education.”

Strengths

• Staff are “experts in understanding the needs of young children,” providing “exceptional” support that helps pupils become “inquisitive and happy learners.”
• The curriculum is “exceptionally well designed,” drawing on “the best early years research” to ensure children build firmly on existing knowledge.
• Behaviour is “exemplary,” with children who “concentrate deeply” and “care greatly for one another.”
• Provision for two- and three-year-olds is a “hive of activity” where staff “edge up to children to play alongside them” to maximise learning opportunities.
• Staff are “particularly effective at identifying and supporting children with SEND,” ensuring they “blossom and succeed, alongside their peers.”

Areas to improve

• The report identifies no significant areas for improvement.

Safeguarding

The arrangements for safeguarding are “effective,” with staff who are “exceptionally well trained” and leaders who act as “extremely strong advocates for vulnerable pupils.”