The Lawns Nursery School

Overview

The Lawns Nursery School continues to be an outstanding school, providing a welcoming and inclusive environment where children thrive. Leaders have developed an ambitious curriculum that enables children to achieve exceptionally well, with staff skilfully turning everyday activities into rich learning opportunities. The school is highly effective in supporting personal, social and emotional development, ensuring all children, including those with special educational needs and/or disabilities, are well prepared for key stage 1.

Strengths

• Children achieve exceptionally well due to a "precise and thoughtful" curriculum design that builds learning securely.
• Staff build "warm and supportive relationships" with children, fostering a "happy and settled nursery community" through familiar routines.
• Children with special educational needs and/or disabilities are "exceptionally well catered for," learning the same curriculum as their peers.
• Adults consistently model "high-quality use of language," reinforcing key vocabulary and deepening learning across all areas.
• The school’s expertise in early childhood development benefits other settings, with governors providing "expert support" to leaders.

Areas to improve

• The report identifies no significant areas for improvement.

Safeguarding

The arrangements for safeguarding are effective.