Brookhill Nursery School

Overview

Brookhill Nursery School continues to be an outstanding school, providing a high-quality early education where children’s imaginations flourish. Leaders have maintained high standards since the previous inspection, developing an ambitious curriculum that puts play at the heart of learning. Children arrive happily, are well supported, and are very well prepared for primary school.

Strengths

• Staff are highly skilled at using children’s interests to engage them in meaningful activities through play, ensuring they achieve highly.
• Children with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND) are extremely well supported, with rigorous identification procedures and effective nurture groups.
• Staff excel at extending children’s vocabulary and speech, language, and communication development through rich interactions.
• Children’s behaviour is exemplary; they learn to consider others’ feelings, share fairly, and understand personal hygiene and safety.
• Leaders share expertise widely with the local authority and other settings, demonstrating strong leadership and collaboration.

Areas to improve

• The report identifies no significant areas for improvement.

Safeguarding

The arrangements for safeguarding are effective, with staff well trained to identify welfare concerns and leaders establishing very effective procedures to help families access support services.