Little Flower Nursery School

Overview

Little Flower Nursery School is described as having a "high level of capacity for sustained improvement" with "very good" outcomes, provision, and leadership. The report highlights a "caring and child-centred approach" and facilities presented to a "very high standard," noting that staff and parents provided "very positive" feedback.

Strengths

• Children are "very well-settled" and achieve well, displaying "high standards of early mark-making" and understanding key mathematical concepts.
• The learning environment is "richly resourced" and "very attractively presented," promoting independence through easy access to materials.
• Staff are "highly skilled in supporting the children to learn," using effective strategies to extend thinking and support those with additional needs.
• Leadership promotes "excellent teamwork" and a "shared vision," with "excellent links" established with parents and feeder primary schools.

Areas to improve

• Staff should "review and refine the range" of assessment tools, as they currently use an "excessive range" to gain information on children.
• Dinner routines do not "exploit fully enough the learning inherent in the activity"; staff need to review these to use time more effectively for developing independence and social skills.

Safeguarding

The report states that "arrangements for safeguarding children reflect the guidance issued by the Department of Education."