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Oaklands Nursery School
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Oaklands Nursery School
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- Newcastle-under-Lyme ST5 0EX
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| Effectiveness of leadership and management | Outstanding |
| The quality of education | Outstanding |
| Behaviour and attitudes | Outstanding |
| Personal development | Outstanding |
| Leadership and management | Outstanding |
| Early years provision | Outstanding |
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Diverse Books and Toys: Staff deepen children’s learning and thinking through carefully chosen texts and rhymes.
Indoor and Outdoor Facilities: Children have many opportunities to grow their knowledge, both within and beyond the setting.
Philosophy: Leaders are committed to giving children the very best start to their education with a unique curriculum that weaves children’s interests with defined learning effectively.
Activities: Children settle quickly into the activities on offer.
Skills , Knowledge and Behavior: Each resource, activity and adult-child interaction is deliberate and happens for a purpose. This attention to detail ensures that all children, including those with SEND, achieve exceptionally well.
Communication: Parents and carers speak of the Nursery holding a special place in their hearts too. They say that their child’s time at Oaklands is ‘a gift and a period we cherish just as staff cherish our children’.
Programs and Resources: Staff work closely and well with a range of specialist services to give each child what they need at any moment in time.
Staff Training: Staff are exceptionally skilled at knowing each child’s interests, needs and next steps. They use this knowledge extremely well to identify when a child requires some extra help.
Welcoming and Professional Staff: Children are warmly welcomed at the door each morning with smiles; hugs and words of comfort are given if needed.
Safeguarding Training: Leaders hold the safety of children front and centre in all they do. They make the right pre-employment checks on staff. They train staff well to know how to notice and report concerns.
Play and Learning Integration: They enjoy naming various birds they have been studying, such as robin, pigeon and sparrow.
Transition to Primary School: The arrangements for safeguarding are effective.
Child Safety Management: Children know what to do and when. Staff teach children to use equipment safely, and they do.
Children's Safety and Security: The warm, caring relationships and well-known daily rhythms and routines come together to help children feel secure and safe.
Happiness and Settling: Children look happy and settled.
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About Us
Oaklands Nursery School is a Nursery, Co-Ed Nursery located in Staffordshire, West Midlands.
This nursery accepts children from 2-5 years old.
Currently, the nursery has 38 students enrolled.
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Oaklands Nursery is a long-established Local Authority nursery school, which along with the childcare company run by the nursery, offers families accessible, affordable and high quality education and childcare for children aged 2 4 years. We also provide a range of family groups in our community room.
The well qualified and experienced staff at Oaklands provide well planned, innovative and exciting activities centred around the children's interests and specific needs to move children's learning forward. A qualified teacher works with all the children and oversees planning and assessment.
We provide a warm, caring environment where children are safe and happy.
The provision is broad and balanced, covering all areas of learning in Early Years Foundation Stage and includes Forest Schools, fantastic outdoor provision and a very large open plan purpose-built nursery room.
We provide an environment where children develop confidence, independence, self-esteem and a love of learning.
We aim to ensure that every child is happy and reaches their full potential.
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Oaklands Nursery is a long-established Local Authority nursery school, which along with the childcare company run by the nursery, offers families accessible, affordable and high quality education and childcare for children aged 2 4 years. We also provide a range of family groups in our community room.
The well qualified and experienced staff at Oaklands provide well planned, innovative and exciting activities centred around the children's interests and specific needs to move children's learning forward. A qualified teacher works with all the children and oversees planning and assessment.
We provide a warm, caring environment where children are safe and happy.
The provision is broad and balanced, covering all areas of learning in Early Years Foundation Stage and includes Forest Schools, fantastic outdoor provision and a very large open plan purpose-built nursery room.
We provide an environment where children develop confidence, independence, self-esteem and a love of learning.
We aim to ensure that every child is happy and reaches their full potential.
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Holidays & terms
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 | 14th Apr 2025 - 25th Apr 2025 |
| Summer Half Term Holidays | 26th May 2025 - 30th May 2025 |
| Summer Holidays | 22nd 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 - 13th Apr 2025 |
| Summer Term | 26th Apr 2025 - 25th May 2025 |
| Summer Term-2 | 31st May 2025 - 21st Jul 2025 |
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Local authority ratio 19 : 1