Chestnuts Corner | Ofsted Reports, Reviews (2025)

In England, all pre-school facilities adhere to the Statutory Framework and the Early Years Foundation Stage (EYFS) Curriculum.
The curriculum is divided into three Prime areas of development for younger children and an additional 4 areas of development for children aged from 3 years.
The development of friendships between kids and adults is promoted.
At Chestnuts we give children opportunities to experience a rich language environment, to develop their confidence and skills in expressing themselves; and to speak and listen in a range of situations.
Playful activities are available at all times.
Understanding math starts with matching, sorting, sequencing, counting, and organising common items.
With this knowledge children will be able to solve problems and use the language of mathematics to identify objects by shape, size and number.
Our garden area offers children the chance to explore and experiment with natural materials, loose parts and nature itself.
Growing and caring for plants encourages them to appreciate and take responsibility for their environment.
Children are introduced to the various customs and cultures of our world by experiencing and discussing examples of food, music, festivals, clothing and other relevant material.
We aim for our children to be intrinsically motivated and do not use behaviour management strategies that involve either rewards or sanctions.
Instead, children are encouraged to self regulate and to take responsibility for their own actions.
We support children to look after their environment and the resources in it so children are encouraged to return toys to their rightful place and leave activities ready for the next person using them.
We do this by modelling the kind of behaviours we expect of children: politeness, listening, kindness, nurturing and helpfulness.