2025 Ofsted Report

In January 2025 we were delighted to be given a “Good” rating by Ofsted.

The key findings for parents are summarised below:

• Staff have a robust understanding of the unique needs of each child. This allows staff to plan educational programmes that continuously build on children's existing knowledge and skills. There is a particular emphasis on ensuring that children with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND) have their needs met well.

• Staff expose children to rich and varied opportunities to develop their communication skills and extend their growing vocabulary.

• Staff are positive role models to children. They help children to understand their growing emotions and promote consistent behavioural expectations as they learn right from wrong. This contributes to children's positive behaviours within their play, interactions and learning.

• Staff plan for challenging physical activities. This supports children to develop skills such as balance, spatial awareness and dexterity so they can move their whole bodies in a variety of ways.

• Leaders continuously reflect on their early years offer to identify how they put steps in place to drive continuous improvement. This contributes towards ensuring children receive good quality early years care and education.

• Staff recognise the importance of planning activities and play experiences that incorporate children's interests as well as their individual stages of development.

• Leaders and staff work collaboratively with parents and a wide range of external professionals. This enables them to seek advice and guidance to implement effective strategies to support individual children, including those with SEND, to make the progress they are capable of.

• Staff provide children with high-quality interactions and recognise the importance of developing children's communication and language skills. They provide purposeful opportunities to promote language through a variety of ways.

• Leaders and staff work hard to generate good partnership working between families and the provision. They provide feedback to parents about the progress of their children's learning and development. Furthermore, they offer a variety of additional information, advice and guidance to support families about a range of topics, including safer sleeping and potty training.

  Safeguarding

• The arrangements for safeguarding are effective.

• There is an open and positive culture around safeguarding that puts children's interests first.

If you would like to discuss the content of the 2025 Ofsted report in more detail please do get in touch on 02380 760 700.