Baylis Court Nursery School

Activities: Staff use questioning well; they give children time to respond, to organise their thoughts and to form sentences.

Skills , Knowledge and Behavior: Children learn social skills, early reading, writing, and mathematics.

Communication: Parents find the school to be approachable and they are encouraged to work with the school by sharing information about their child and by meeting regularly with the key worker.

Community Building: The school's family support worker runs parent and toddler and pre-nursery groups which enable parents and children to become familiar with the school and ready to get off to a good start.

Programs and Resources: The resource unit for children with autistic spectrum disorder is well led and children make good progress from their different starting points because of the high quality support they receive.

Staff Training: The special educational needs coordinator is well trained and knowledgeable.

Welcoming and Professional Staff: The headteacher, senior teachers and governors are committed to providing the best quality provision and standard of care for the children. The staff are proud to work in the school and have confidence in the senior leadership team.

Safeguarding Training: All staff have received training in safeguarding and some staff and governors have undertaken specialist training.

Play and Learning Integration: Children are making good progress at learning to take turns and they are able to share toys. For example, children were seen playing cooperatively while fishing for toy ducks in the water tray, linked to a counting activity.

Transition to Primary School: Children are well prepared to join the Reception classes in their next schools because they leave Nursery knowing how to get along with other children and adults and with good early reading, writing and mathematics skills.

Diversity Management: Children who speak English as an additional language make good progress because of the skilled teaching they receive.

Child Safety Management: The site is kept safe and well maintained. The health and safety governor and staff member undertake regular inspections to ensure the safety of the site.

Children's Safety and Security: Children feel safe and secure, and there are good arrangements to keep them safe in school.

Teaching Personal Safety: Children are taught how to stay safe. For example, they know to be very careful with scissors and knives and not to run while inside the building ‘because you could fall over’.

Happiness and Settling: The very large majority of children attend regularly and are on time each day. Parents all agreed that their child liked school, that their child was safe and well cared for.