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Blackthorn Good Neighbours Nursery | Ofsted Reports, Reviews (2025)
Blackthorn Good Neighbours Nursery
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Blackthorn Good Neighbours Nursery
- Nursery
- Northampton NN3 8QH
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| The quality of education | Outstanding |
| Behaviour and attitudes | Outstanding |
| Personal development | Outstanding |
| Leadership and management | Outstanding |
| Overall effectiveness at previous inspection | Outstanding |
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Diverse Books and Toys: The nursery library contains a wide variety of books in various languages that parents and children can access daily.
Indoor and Outdoor Facilities: Children confidently and freely explore the well-resourced nursery. The premises are safe and secure.
Activities: Toddlers peel and chop apples, squash dinosaurs into foam, and fill buckets of water to splash in.
Skills , Knowledge and Behavior: Children learn about dinosaurs being herbivores or carnivores and link this to their peers who are vegetarians or vegans.
Communication: Staff regularly speak with parents to explain exactly how they can continue to support their children's development at home.
Community Building: Parent groups provide further opportunities for parents to share books with their children, supporting early literacy skills.
Programs and Resources: The SENCo works extremely closely with other professionals and parents, supporting staff with robust and tailored training.
Staff Training: Staff receive robust and tailored training on how best to support children with SEND.
Welcoming and Professional Staff: Parents and their children are welcomed into the nursery by kind, nurturing staff.
Safeguarding Training: The manager and all staff have an excellent understanding of their role to keep children safe from harm.
Play and Learning Integration: Children take pride in their daily routine and show increasing independence.
Transition to Primary School: Children thrive in this remarkably inclusive and community-focused nursery.
Diversity Management: Staff use Makaton sign language and visual aids, especially supporting children who speak English as an additional language.
Child Safety Management: Staff complete robust risk assessments of all areas to ensure children can play and learn in a safe environment.
Children's Safety and Security: Children show that they feel safe and secure as they greet staff and their friends upon arrival.
Teaching Personal Safety: Oral health is widely supported as children brush their teeth daily with trained oral health staff.
Happiness and Settling: Children and families who attend this nursery are extremely happy and well supported.
Nutritional Menu: Children begin to learn about healthy eating from a young age. Toddlers peel and chop apples to make healthy breakfast muffins.
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Blackthorn Good Neighbours Nursery is a Nursery, Nursery located in Northamptonshire, East Midlands.
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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 - 29th Aug 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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