Shenley Fields Nursery School

Philosophy: The whole team is determined to ensure that children develop the skills, curiosity and resilience that will give them a strong foundation beyond their nursery school experience.

Activities: Children are excited by, and thoroughly enjoy, their learning. The topics and areas taught are imaginative and wide-ranging and provide excellent opportunities for children to extend their learning and other aspects of their development.

Skills , Knowledge and Behavior: Consequently, all children, and particularly those identified as the most able, make rapid progress in their learning.

Communication: The highly effective relationships and continual dialogue adults have established with parents enable parents to make an important contribution to their children’s learning.

Programs and Resources: The support and guidance provided for disabled children and those who have special educational needs and their families is strong.

Staff Training: Adults quickly and gently talk to children, showing and explaining safe behaviours such as turn-taking.

Welcoming and Professional Staff: Staff provide a warm, nurturing environment and have high expectations for good behaviour.

Safeguarding Training: All staff and governors have undertaken anti-radicalisation training and demonstrate a keen awareness of the importance of this issue.

Transition to Primary School: Governors focus effectively on ensuring that children achieve well in a safe and stimulating environment and ensures the school gives them a strong foundation for their future learning.

Diversity Management: Children from minority ethnic groups and those who are new to learning English make excellent progress during their time at nursery school. This is because the school values the heritage and language of every family.

Child Safety Management: There is a great emphasis on settling children and helping them to play together and share.

Children's Safety and Security: Children feel safe and secure and their parents agree. Many parents were very keen to give their views about the school during the inspection. They were overwhelmingly positive, with many saying the school was like a ‘big family’.

Happiness and Settling: Children quickly become familiar with the Nursery routines and settle in well. As a result there is a calm atmosphere throughout the Nursery and children listen and respond well to instructions.