Garretts Green Nursery School

Overview

Garretts Green Nursery School continues to be an outstanding school, providing a "happy and nurturing" environment where children "thrive" and make a "strong start to school life." The report highlights that highly skilled staff use detailed knowledge of each child to cater precisely for their needs, ensuring all pupils, including those with special educational needs and/or disabilities, achieve exceptionally well.

Strengths

• Staff possess deep knowledge of child development, enabling them to design a "progressive and interesting curriculum" that prepares children exceptionally well for the next stage of education.
• Early communication and language skills are prioritised through high expectations, with staff modelling "good speaking and listening skills" and encouraging children to respond in full sentences.
• Children develop "good levels of independence and resilience," learning self-help skills and demonstrating "exceptional attitudes to learning" through stimulating activities.
• Outdoor spaces are used "exceptionally well," including forest school lessons and physical sessions that enhance self-confidence and engagement.
• Staff form a "united and cohesive team" with high morale, supported by leaders who value their well-being and reduce workload.

Areas to improve

• The report identifies no significant areas for improvement.

Safeguarding

The arrangements for safeguarding are effective, with a "strong culture" where staff use every opportunity to teach children how to keep themselves safe, including online and personal safety.