Duke Street Nursery School

Communication: The school has excellent links with parents as shown by the high number of them who responded to the online questionnaire Parent View.

Programs and Resources: The special educational needs co-ordinator is a highly skilled practitioner who effectively ensures outstanding support for children who are disabled or who have special educational needs.

Staff Training: A strength of the teaching is the focused time that staff provide for individual children, particularly for disadvantaged children or those who have additional needs such as speech and language difficulties.

Welcoming and Professional Staff: Duke Street Nursery is a special place to learn where every child and family are welcomed and valued.

Safeguarding Training: Safeguarding meets all current requirements. All policies and procedures to keep children safe and to protect those whose circumstances may make them vulnerable are securely in place and regularly reviewed to ensure they remain effective.

Play and Learning Integration: Children thoroughly enjoy themselves in the nursery and children’s laughter can be heard throughout the day. They have very positive attitudes to learning.

Transition to Primary School: Outstanding relationships and excellent attitudes to learning prepare pupils well for their next stage of learning in the primary school.

Child Safety Management: The school’s work to keep children safe and secure is outstanding. Parents overwhelmingly agree with this and are very confident about leaving their children in school as shown by their very positive response to the on-line Parent View questionnaire.

Children's Safety and Security: Relationships are excellent and children relate well with, and trust, all members of staff. They have key workers and often have a very close relationship with their special person. They know who to turn to if they need help.

Happiness and Settling: Children thoroughly enjoy themselves in the nursery and children’s laughter can be heard throughout the day. They have very positive attitudes to learning.