Childhaven Community Nursery School

Overview

Childhaven Community Nursery School continues to be an outstanding school, where "kindness surrounds children, families and staff." The inspection confirms that the school maintains high standards, with a curriculum underpinned by a "determination to ensure that children access high levels of well-being and involvement."

Strengths

• Practitioners create opportunities for children to "spread kindness in the world," such as visiting local care homes, while embedding rituals that foster independence.
• The curriculum features "10 core outcomes" linked to the school’s name, with staff using an "every session counts" approach to tailor play-based learning.
• Children are "happy, motivated and curious to learn," benefiting from free choice over indoor or outdoor play and an integrated day structure.
• Staff are "very skilled at using de-escalating and distracting strategies" to maintain a calm environment, ensuring children remain polite and well-mannered.
• Comprehensive progress checks, known as the "This is me" spotlight, include parents’ views to inform support and close gaps in development.

Areas to improve

• The report identifies no significant areas for improvement.

Safeguarding

The arrangements for safeguarding are effective.