Lee Royd Nursery School

Overview

Lee Royd Nursery School continues to be a good school, providing a vibrant and happy environment where children are well prepared for primary school. The report highlights an ambitious curriculum that meets the needs of all children, including those with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND), supported by kind and caring staff.

Strengths

• Children are described as "happy" and "remarkably keen to learn," benefiting from "rich moments of learning" such as visits from community professionals.
• Staff are "adept at choosing appropriate activities" and use their "in-depth knowledge of child development" to quickly identify and support children with SEND.
• The school takes a "well-thought-out approach" to communication and language, ensuring most children become "successful communicators" with a secure understanding of new words.
• Governors are committed to valuing staff and have taken positive action to minimise workload, such as removing "unnecessary paperwork involved in assessments."
• Children develop good manners and social skills, learning to share, take turns, and care for equipment and living things.

Areas to improve

• In some areas of learning, staff do not check children’s understanding sufficiently well, meaning some children do not deepen their knowledge as effectively as they could.
• The school should support staff in identifying and addressing gaps in knowledge to ensure all children are as well prepared for the next stage of education as possible.

Safeguarding

The arrangements for safeguarding are effective.