Sheringham Nursery School & Children's Centre

Activities: Children learn how to share resources, join in activities and make decisions. The exciting and rich curriculum follows children’s interests.

Skills , Knowledge and Behavior: It enables them to make excellent progress in developing their skills, knowledge and understanding across all areas of learning.

Communication: The relationship between home and the nursery is strong. Parents greatly value your advice and support. This enables them to be actively involved in their children’s learning and to understand their development.

Community Building: This has had a positive impact on the school’s community. Parents who I spoke to said that relationships between them, leaders and staff are particularly strong.

Programs and Resources: Important information about the children is gathered in advance. This ensures that all children, including those who have special educational needs (SEN) and/or disabilities, or who may be vulnerable, are supported right from the start.

Staff Training: Leaders and staff are highly knowledgeable and well trained, ensuring that safeguarding is a priority. Strong relationships keep children safe. Staff are highly vigilant and quick to recognise possible safeguarding risks.

Welcoming and Professional Staff: You and your staff have ensured that the nursery provision continues to be of exceptionally high quality. Leaders are extremely knowledgeable and passionate about early years education. All staff are well trained and have a thorough understanding of how young children learn and develop.

Safeguarding Training: Leaders and staff are highly knowledgeable and well trained, ensuring that safeguarding is a priority.

Play and Learning Integration: Children do not flit from activity to activity, but sustain interest and concentration for extended periods of time. For example, I observed a child over a 25-minute period building with the train track, and exploring different layouts and introducing additional resources.

Transition to Primary School: This exceptional start gives them an excellent foundation for the next stage of their education and beyond.

Child Safety Management: Strong relationships keep children safe. Staff are highly vigilant and quick to recognise possible safeguarding risks.

Children's Safety and Security: Staff skilfully help children learn about how to take risks in a safe and secure environment.

Teaching Personal Safety: Outside of the setting, during external visits, children are taught road safety and ‘stranger danger’ through real-life situations.

Happiness and Settling: Parents agree that their children are happy and enjoy nursery. They also appreciate the impact that the nursery has on their children’s learning.