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St Helens Playgroup | Ofsted Reports, Reviews (2025)
St Helens Playgroup
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St Helens Playgroup
- Nursery
- Ipswich IP4 2LS
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| The quality of education | Good |
| Behaviour and attitudes | Good |
| Personal development | Good |
| Leadership and management | Good |
| Overall effectiveness at previous inspection | Good |
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Activities: Staff provide children with a good range of activities to help broaden their knowledge and to build on what they already know and can do.
Skills , Knowledge and Behavior: Staff consistently reinforce simple behaviour boundaries to help children know what is expected of them.
Communication: Staff provide parents with guidance and advice to help them support children's learning at home. Successful book-borrowing scheme provides parents with tips on how to share books at home and use them to promote conversation.
Community Building: Parents welcome the opportunity to go on trips with the group, such as to look at signs of autumn at the local park.
Programs and Resources: Staff are knowledgeable about the needs and personalities of the children in their care. They provide a good range of activities to help broaden children's knowledge and to build on what they already know and can do.
Staff Training: Staff are confident about their roles and responsibilities and the action to take to protect children and promote their welfare. Staff regularly attend relevant training to help ensure their safeguarding knowledge is up to date with current practice.
Welcoming and Professional Staff: Parents are very complimentary about the friendly staff team. They comment on the rapid improvement they have seen in their children's speech and behaviour since attending.
Safeguarding Training: All staff regularly attend relevant training to help ensure their safeguarding knowledge is up to date with current practice.
Play and Learning Integration: Children delight in being able to run about and take part in energetic physical play outdoors. They demonstrate good physical skills.
Transition to Primary School: Staff make good use of local funding initiatives, especially to increase support for children's communication skills.
Diversity Management: Staff are careful to ensure this is not a barrier when working with parents to support children's learning and development. Large majority of children on roll speak English as an additional language.
Child Safety Management: Children remind each other of simple safety rules, such as not to run indoors.
Children's Safety and Security: Children settle well and soon become familiar with the playgroup routines.
Happiness and Settling: Children respond well to the patient and playful interactions of staff. They are confident to approach staff for comfort and support.
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St Helens Playgroup is a Nursery, Nursery located in Suffolk, East of England.
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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 | 7th Apr 2025 - 21st Apr 2025 |
| Summer Half Term Holidays | 26th May 2025 - 30th May 2025 |
| Summer Holidays | 23rd 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 - 6th Apr 2025 |
| Summer Term | 22nd Apr 2025 - 25th May 2025 |
| Summer Term-2 | 31st May 2025 - 22nd Jul 2025 |
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