Hindpool Nursery School

Overview

Hindpool Nursery School is described as a "friendly" and "welcoming" place where children are "happy" and have a "strong sense of belonging." The report states that the school has "successfully overhauled the quality of education" since the last inspection, resulting in most children achieving well and moving on to primary schools "ready for the next stage of their learning."

Strengths

• Staff forge "positive relationships" with children and know their families well, ensuring children feel "content and relaxed."
• The school has developed an "ambitious curriculum" that is "organised seamlessly" to help children build secure knowledge and skills from age two.
• Children behave "sensibly" and are "polite and well mannered," thriving in a culture underpinned by values of "kindness and sharing."
• Additional needs, including speech and language difficulties, are "accurately identified," allowing staff to adapt curriculum delivery effectively.
• Children benefit from "rich opportunities" such as educational trips to forests and the seaside, which help them "learn more about the world around them."

Areas to improve

• In some activities, staff are "not clear about the important knowledge that children should learn," which hinders children from making connections with prior learning.
• Staff do not always check on children’s understanding of key knowledge, meaning some children are "not as well prepared for the next stage of education as they could be."

Safeguarding

The report states that "the arrangements for safeguarding are effective."