Guildford Nursery School

Overview

Guildford Nursery School provides a high-quality early years education where children are "thoroughly well prepared for the next stage of their education." The report highlights a "calm, welcoming atmosphere" and strong leadership that ensures every child, including those with special educational needs, thrives. While most teaching is effective, there is a need to ensure consistency in how learning intentions are communicated.

Strengths

• Children make "significant progress" and develop a "love of books" through detailed knowledge across the curriculum.
• Staff provide "sensitive and nurturing support," creating an environment where children feel "safe and valued."
• Leaders "liaise very well with agencies" and use additional funding effectively to remove barriers to learning.
• The school promotes "fundamental British values effectively" and ensures every child feels "represented and valued."
• Parents and carers are "overwhelmingly positive" about the school’s impact on their children’s wellbeing.

Areas to improve

• Leaders must ensure high-quality teaching practice is "embedded consistently across the school."
• Staff need to be clearer about "precisely what they intend children to learn through each activity" to maximise opportunities for key vocabulary.

Safeguarding

The safeguarding standards are met, with an "open culture in which safeguarding is everyone's responsibility" ensuring pupils are made safer and feel safe.