Moorlands Centre Nursery School

Overview

Moorlands Centre Nursery School continues to be a ‘good’ school, characterised by strong values of ‘community’ and ‘nurture’. Adults form exceptional relationships with children and families, creating an environment where pupils feel safe, happy, and eager to learn.

Strengths

• Children display ‘excellent’ behaviour, supported by staff who model kindness, respect, and sharing.
• The curriculum effectively develops social skills, independence, and resilience, fostering a ‘calm and purposeful atmosphere’.
• Staff promptly identify and address needs, ensuring children with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND) participate fully alongside peers.
• Pupils develop key literacy and numeracy skills, including phonics readiness and counting, through engaging activities and story-based learning.
• Parents are ‘overwhelmingly positive’ about their children’s confidence and progress.

Areas to improve

• The curriculum does not consistently identify the steps building towards end goals, meaning some activities lack precise focus on specific knowledge.
• Staff should ensure the curriculum is designed so that children’s knowledge builds cumulatively to maximise achievement.

Safeguarding

The arrangements for safeguarding are effective.