Ronald Tree Nursery School

Overview

Ronald Tree Nursery School continues to be a good school, where every child and their family are valued. Adults know the children very well, treating each as an individual and using this knowledge to provide curriculum opportunities linked to their interests. The environment is described as welcoming and harmonious, with children feeling safe and supported in their learning.

Strengths

• Adults model positive language, enabling children, including those with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND), to express emotions appropriately and resolve issues quickly.
• The ‘tiger room’ provides a well-considered, precise curriculum that supports children with SEND to succeed and thrive alongside peers.
• Communication and language development are central to learning, with adults skilfully extending children’s thinking through play and echoing sentences with added detail.
• Parents describe staff as ‘caring, compassionate and inspirational’, noting that their children have ‘flourished’ during their time at the nursery.
• Governors are passionate about the nursery’s vision and actively support the local community, including weekly parent sessions.

Areas to improve

• The school must complete its work to refine the curriculum so that planning documents link cohesively, ensuring a seamless sequence of learning and clarity on what children need to know.
• Systems for checking curriculum implementation are at an early stage; the school should ensure all staff understand and implement processes to verify how well the curriculum is taught and recalled.

Safeguarding

The arrangements for safeguarding are effective.