Adderley Nursery School

Overview

Adderley Nursery School continues to be an outstanding school, providing an environment where children are "courageous, creative, respectful, valued and very well-educated." Leaders and governors lead the school "extremely well," ensuring that adults are "exceptionally well trained" and that the curriculum is "ambitious" with "no ceiling and no limits to what the children can achieve."

Strengths

• Children "love attending" the school, settling quickly and thriving in a "purposeful place to learn" where they are "well prepared to move on to primary school."
• The curriculum is enhanced by a "beautifully developed forest school" that fosters resilience, curiosity, and safe risk-taking throughout the year.
• Children, including those with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND), make "exceptional progress" thanks to highly trained leaders who ensure "no child slips through the net."
• Adults skilfully develop communication skills, encouraging children to use "sentences and new words" and helping them make "excellent progress" in speaking and listening.
• Relationships are "excellent," with a "calm and well organised" environment where children feel "valued and listened to" and respect one another.

Areas to improve

• The report identifies no significant areas for improvement.

Safeguarding

The arrangements for safeguarding are "effective," with a "strong culture of safeguarding" where children’s safety, welfare and well-being are "at the heart of the school’s work."