Greenfield Nursery School

Overview

Greenfield Nursery School has “taken effective action to maintain the standards identified at the previous inspection.” The setting is described as a “vibrant and happy place to learn” where children are “highly focused and engaged.” Leaders have successfully adapted the curriculum to meet children’s needs, particularly prioritising relationship-building for those with limited prior adult contact.

Strengths

• The school delivers a “bespoke, ambitious curriculum” that effectively adapts to children’s interests and incorporates their wider development.
• Staff maintain “positive relationships” with children, who know staff by name and feel safe seeking help.
• Language and communication are central to learning, with staff skilled at “engaging children in talk” and modelling new vocabulary.
• Children with special educational needs and/or disabilities are supported well through a “very inclusive teaching approach.”
• Children demonstrate confidence in routines, sharing, and independence, such as caring for animals and participating in local trips.

Areas to improve

• In some areas of learning, staff lack clarity on the “key vocabulary that the school intends children to learn,” causing children to struggle with expressing understanding. The school should identify this vocabulary to ensure staff can “develop children’s communication and language effectively.”

Safeguarding

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