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Headington Quarry Foundation Stage School
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Headington Quarry Foundation Stage School
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- Oxford OX3 8LH
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| Previous inspection | Good |
| Leadership and management | Outstanding |
| Achievement of pupils | Outstanding |
| Quality of teaching | Outstanding |
| Behaviour and safety of pupils | Outstanding |
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Diverse Books and Toys: Staff carefully plan and prepare exciting activities both indoors and outdoors, and children love coming to nursery and are deeply involved in their learning and play for long periods of time.
Indoor and Outdoor Facilities: Indoor and outdoor areas are colourful, prepared carefully, provide an exciting and imaginative range of experiences, and are used exceptionally well by adults.
Philosophy: All staff are passionate advocates of high-quality early years provision.
Activities: The activities offered to the children are interesting and exciting including making mud pies, growing plants, and exploring.
Skills , Knowledge and Behavior: They rapidly learn to share nicely and cooperate with each other. Exceptional progress in speaking and listening, personal and social skills.
Communication: An excellent partnership is quickly established between staff and parents. Parents are very enthusiastic about all aspects of the nursery.
Community Building: Parents describe it as ‘The nicest nursery in the world,’ and ‘An incredibly lovely place to grow up in with plenty of loving and competent staff.’
Programs and Resources: Children with disabilities and special educational needs are supported in a tender way.
Staff Training: Staff are highly skilled at working with children with special educational needs, providing excellent progress in their communication and social skills.
Welcoming and Professional Staff: Very friendly and exceptionally caring staff. Parents appreciate the experienced, dedicated staff.
Safeguarding Training: School carries out rigorous checks when it employs adults to work with children and ensures children are safe. Regular health and safety checks ensure children are safe at all times.
Play and Learning Integration: Staff plan exciting activities, including going on a bear hunt and building large models, which practice skills and perseverance.
Transition to Primary School: Children are very well prepared for their Reception classes and develop necessary skills in early reading, writing, and mathematics.
Diversity Management: Children from a wide range of cultural backgrounds are made equally welcome by the staff, and those who speak English as an additional language rapidly become fluent.
Child Safety Management: Children are taught to keep themselves safe in risky situations, such as climbing outdoors and using skewers.
Children's Safety and Security: Friendly, smiling staff and well-established routines help all children to feel very safe and to settle quickly.
Teaching Personal Safety: Staff thoroughly assess the risks associated with activities and children increasingly learn to judge for themselves how to stay safe.
Happiness and Settling: Children rapidly learn to share nicely, cooperate, and are very happy and safe at school.
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Headington Quarry Foundation Stage School is a Nursery, Co-Ed Nursery located in Oxfordshire, South East.
This nursery accepts children from 3-5 years old.
Currently, the nursery has 96 students enrolled.
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Holidays 2023/24
| Holidays | Date |
|---|---|
| Autumn Half Term Holidays | 23rd Oct 2023 - 27th Oct 2023 |
| Winter Holidays | 21st Dec 2023 - 5th Jan 2024 |
| Spring Half Term Holidays | 12th Feb 2024 - 16th Feb 2024 |
| Spring Holidays | 29th Mar 2024 - 12th Apr 2024 |
| Summer Half Term Holidays | 27th May 2024 - 31st May 2024 |
| Summer Holidays | 25th Jul 2024 - 30th Aug 2024 |
Terms Dates 2023/24
| Terms | Dates |
|---|---|
| Autumn Term | 4th Sep 2023 - 22nd Oct 2023 |
| Autumn Term-2 | 28th Oct 2023 - 20th Dec 2023 |
| Spring Term | 6th Jan 2024 - 11th Feb 2024 |
| Spring Term-2 | 17th Feb 2024 - 28th Mar 2024 |
| Summer Term | 13th Apr 2024 - 26th May 2024 |
| Summer Term-2 | 1st Jun 2024 - 24th Jul 2024 |
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Local authority ratio 19 : 1