George Dent Nursery School

Overview

George Dent Nursery School continues to be judged as an outstanding school. Children “thrive” in an environment where leaders, staff, and governors share “high ambition” for all pupils, including those with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND). The school provides “highly effective care, support and guidance,” ensuring children are “very well prepared for their next steps in education.”

Strengths

• The curriculum is “highly ambitious” and bespoke, designed using “research-based understanding of child development” to support individual learning journeys.
• “Communication and language are at the heart of the curriculum offer,” with adults carefully fostering vocabulary and modelling effective communication.
• Support for children with SEND is a “strength of the school,” featuring “exemplary practice” and effective use of resources like Makaton and professional advice.
• Children demonstrate “exemplary” behaviour and “very positive attitudes to learning,” often working collaboratively on activities such as creating habitats.
• Leaders provide a “wide and rich range of diverse experiences,” including links with local arts organisations and proactive environmental projects.

Areas to improve

The report identifies no significant areas for improvement.

Safeguarding

The report states that “the arrangements for safeguarding are effective.”