Bacup Nursery School

Overview

Bacup Nursery School is described as a setting where children “flourish from the moment they join” and “love attending.” The report highlights a “consistently calm learning environment” and “high-quality teaching” that ensures children make “quick gains in their learning” and are “consistently very well prepared for the next stage in their education.”

Strengths

• Children achieve a “detailed understanding of early mathematics knowledge” and quickly secure skills for later reading and writing.
• Leaders are “tenacious” in supporting regular attendance, taking “swift and appropriate steps” to address absence patterns.
• Staff create “cosy areas” to help children manage their emotions, fostering “high levels of independence and resilience.”
• The curriculum is “rich and progressive,” with staff using “visual prompts and actions” to effectively support communication and language.
• Inclusion is strong, with “detailed discussions” with parents ensuring children’s needs are identified quickly and barriers to learning are reduced.

Areas to improve

• Leaders and governors should ensure “continued improvement to teaching” so it has a “transformational and sustained impact” on children's achievement across all areas.

Safeguarding

The safeguarding standards are met, with an “open culture in which safeguarding is everyone's responsibility” ensuring that concerns are actively identified and managed.