Chichester Nursery School

Overview

Chichester Nursery School continues to be a good school, providing a "busy, happy" environment where children feel safe and supported. The report highlights a "broad, engaging and meaningful curriculum" that helps children build resilience and confidence, with staff offering assistance at "just the right time."

Strengths

• Staff provide "highly effective support" that helps children sustain concentration and develop play, language, and thinking skills.
• Children with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND) are "fully included and successful" through carefully identified support.
• The school fosters a "harmonious place" where children are taught to be "kind and considerate" and behave well.
• Parents value the "supportive relationships with adults" and the friendships their children make.
• The curriculum includes opportunities to explore local community cultures, ensuring children are "accepting of each other and inclusive."

Areas to improve

• The school should continue to support staff in understanding "sequences of learning" to ensure they consistently move children on to the next appropriate steps, as staff occasionally miss these opportunities.

Safeguarding

The report states that "the arrangements for safeguarding are effective."