Reddish Vale Nursery School

Overview

Reddish Vale Nursery School has taken effective action to maintain the standards identified at its previous inspection, which judged it outstanding for overall effectiveness. The report describes a happy environment where children feel safe, settle well, and develop strong trusting relationships with staff. Leaders and staff are praised for their expertise and for providing rich learning experiences that prepare children well for primary school.

Strengths

• Children are described as "happy and feel at ease," enjoying play and developing into "confident, communicative explorers and first-rate storytellers."
• Staff use "highly developed teaching skills" to provide rich experiences, ensuring disruptions to learning are minimal.
• The school "spots and meets the needs of individual children very well," including those with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND).
• Leaders have established a "well-thought-out curriculum" rich in stories, rhymes, and songs, fostering a "great love for fiction and non-fiction books."
• The school works successfully with parents and fosters "much successful teamwork between teachers and teaching assistants."

Areas to improve

• On occasion, the curriculum is "less clear about the essential knowledge that staff will teach," meaning the school is "less sure that children learn as much as they could."
• The school should "identify the key curriculum content that staff will teach" to help build children’s knowledge more securely.

Safeguarding

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