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Acorns Nursery School | Ofsted Reports, Reviews (2025)
Acorns Nursery School
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Acorns Nursery School
- Nursery
- Shackleford GU8 6AE
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| The quality of education | Good |
| Behaviour and attitudes | Good |
| Personal development | Good |
| Leadership and management | Good |
| Overall effectiveness at previous inspection | Outstanding |
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Indoor and Outdoor Facilities: Children enjoy the time they spend outdoors. They are fascinated by the world around them and notice familiar things within their environment.
Activities: Children benefit from a good range of experiences that prepare them well for their future success.
Skills , Knowledge and Behavior: They develop their confidence and social skills and learn to manage their behavior, while interacting with others. Children develop good communication skills and confidently articulate what they know and can do.
Communication: Staff take time to get to know children and their parents and build strong and trusting relationships. Staff communicate well with them.
Community Building: Parents particularly like the parent communication board, which provides them with information on the activities and suggestions to support children's learning at home.
Welcoming and Professional Staff: Staff are happy and feel well supported in their roles.
Safeguarding Training: The manager ensures that all staff receive regular training and updates about child protection and safeguarding issues.
Play and Learning Integration: Children are motivated and eager to join in. The well-organized environment promotes children's natural curiosity and eagerness to learn.
Transition to Primary School: Overall, children are well prepared for their next stage of learning.
Child Safety Management: They make effective use of risk assessments to ensure that the premises are safe and secure.
Children's Safety and Security: Children confidently leave their parents at the door and quickly settle into the nursery routine.
Happiness and Settling: Children demonstrate that they are happy at this warm and welcoming nursery.
Nutritional Menu: Staff place a good focus on teaching children the importance of leading a healthy lifestyle. Children regularly play outdoors, follow thorough hygiene practices and participate in regular physical activities.
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Acorns Nursery School is a Nursery, Nursery located in Surrey, South East.
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Shackleford's Acorns Nursery School is housed in a custom building that is connected to a spacious and light-filled village hall.
on our doorstep, with access to a private woods and nearby fields.
Your children will find a warm and loving environment at Acorns, and our seasoned staff is highly skilled and driven to ensure that your kid enjoys and makes the most of every second of this crucial time in their life.
Every child who enters Acorns Nursery has potential, which is recognised, valued, and cared for by our ethos.
Our approach is based on the idea that every child needs time to play, establish friends, and experience amazement and wonder in order to help them grow in confidence, sociability, and acceptance of other people's needs and feelings.
Every child should have a joyful and engaging experience at our nursery school so that they can develop a lifelong love of learning.
We are extremely lucky to have exclusive access to a nearby private woods only a short distance from Acorns.
Throughout the year, we take groups of kids into the woods to appreciate the scenery.
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on our doorstep, with access to a private woods and nearby fields.
Your children will find a warm and loving environment at Acorns, and our seasoned staff is highly skilled and driven to ensure that your kid enjoys and makes the most of every second of this crucial time in their life.
Every child who enters Acorns Nursery has potential, which is recognised, valued, and cared for by our ethos.
Our approach is based on the idea that every child needs time to play, establish friends, and experience amazement and wonder in order to help them grow in confidence, sociability, and acceptance of other people's needs and feelings.
Every child should have a joyful and engaging experience at our nursery school so that they can develop a lifelong love of learning.
We are extremely lucky to have exclusive access to a nearby private woods only a short distance from Acorns.
Throughout the year, we take groups of kids into the woods to appreciate the scenery.
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Holidays & terms
Holidays 2024/25
| Holidays | Date |
|---|---|
| Autumn Half Term Holidays | 28th Oct 2024 - 1st Nov 2024 |
| Winter Holidays | 23rd Dec 2024 - 3rd Jan 2025 |
| Spring Half Term Holidays | 17th Feb 2025 - 21st Feb 2025 |
| Spring Holidays | 7th Apr 2025 - 21st Apr 2025 |
| Summer Half Term Holidays | 26th May 2025 - 30th May 2025 |
| Summer Holidays | 23rd Jul 2025 - 2nd Sep 2025 |
Terms Dates 2024/25
| Terms | Dates |
|---|---|
| Autumn Term | 2nd Sep 2024 - 27th Oct 2024 |
| Autumn Term-2 | 2nd Nov 2024 - 22nd Dec 2024 |
| Spring Term | 4th Jan 2025 - 16th Feb 2025 |
| Spring Term-2 | 22nd Feb 2025 - 6th Apr 2025 |
| Summer Term | 22nd Apr 2025 - 25th May 2025 |
| Summer Term-2 | 31st May 2025 - 22nd Jul 2025 |
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