King's Hedges Nursery School

Overview

King’s Hedges Nursery School continues to be a ‘good’ school, where children ‘like coming to school’ and enjoy an ‘exciting range of opportunities to learn’. The report highlights a happy community with ‘overwhelmingly positive’ parental feedback and staff who feel ‘well supported by leaders’.

Strengths

• Children are ‘safe’ and have ‘trusting relationships with the adults who care for them’, with bullying incidents being ‘very rare’.
• Staff are ‘highly skilled at modelling and helping children learn vocabulary’, effectively supporting those with ‘very low levels of spoken language’.
• Leaders are ‘skilled at identifying children with SEND’ and implement strategies that help them ‘progress well’ and prepare for primary school.
• The curriculum prioritises ‘communication and language’, with staff providing ‘many additional opportunities’ for physical development through sensory activities.
• Governors are ‘well informed about the priorities for the school’ and ensure leaders are ‘both supported and held to account’.

Areas to improve

• Leaders should support staff in using their assessments of children, including those with SEND, to ‘inform their teaching and the activities they plan’, ensuring children master basic skills before moving on.

Safeguarding

The arrangements for safeguarding are ‘effective’, with staff having a ‘strong understanding of the potential signs and risks’ and leaders being ‘persistent and timely’ in securing additional support for families.