The Gill Blowers Nursery School

Overview

This ungraded inspection found that the school’s work “may have improved significantly across all areas” since the previous graded inspection, prompting a future graded review. Children “thrive” in an environment where staff “leave no stone unturned” to ensure they excel from their starting points. The school is praised for its “ambitious curriculum” and “transformational effect” on pupils, particularly those with additional needs.

Strengths

• Staff “swiftly put in place high-quality, tailored support” to remove barriers to learning, ensuring children with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND) are “fully included”.
• The curriculum is “well-thought-out” with staff who are “highly adept at bringing knowledge to life” through stories, songs, and role play.
• Children for whom English is an additional language “soon grasp the key vocabulary” needed to communicate well, with “bespoke support” helping them catch up rapidly.
• Leaders are “constantly mindful of staff well-being,” and governors provide “appropriate challenge and support.”
• The school actively promotes a “sense of belonging” by welcoming the community and arranging trips to diverse local environments.

Areas to improve

• The report identifies no significant areas for improvement, noting the school has “gone from strength to strength” and taken “highly effective action” on previous recommendations.

Safeguarding

The report states that “the arrangements for safeguarding are effective.”