The Norwegian Kindergarten In London

Overview: The Norwegian Kindergarten in London is a well-run independent day school that provides a high-quality education to children aged two to six. Children are happy and safe, and staff are highly effective in supporting their development and learning.

Strengths:

• Children are happy and safe, with caring staff acting as strong role models.
• Behaviour is exceptional, with children expertly supported to build self-control.
• Teaching and observations are used effectively to track children's progress.
• Staff are well-trained to support children with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND).
• Children's communication and language development is a key focus, with staff interactions highly effective at developing both languages.
• Provision for children's wider personal development is exceptional, with a broad and extensive offer of activities.

Areas to improve:

• The curriculum in some areas has not sufficiently identified the knowledge that children need to secure at different stages of the kindergarten.
• Learning can be too focused on the activity, rather than the knowledge to be learned, in some areas.

Safeguarding: The arrangements for safeguarding are effective, and the school meets the safeguarding and welfare requirements for the early years foundation stage.