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The Sue Hedley Nursery School
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The Sue Hedley Nursery School
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- South Tyneside NE31 1QY
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| Effectiveness of leadership and management | Good |
| The quality of practice and services | Good |
| Access to services by young children and families | Good |
| Overall effectiveness at previous inspection | Outstanding |
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Diverse Books and Toys: Staff use a variety of texts, which children learn by heart, to support the development of communication and language skills.
Indoor and Outdoor Facilities: Leaders, teachers, and staff ensure that every space is used effectively to excite and interest children.
Philosophy: They plan exciting activities which help to develop children’s curiosity and support their wider development.
Forest School Sessions: Children visit the forest school provision each week.
Activities: Staff plan a wide range of activities that help children to develop core strength in their bodies.
Skills , Knowledge and Behavior: In some areas of the early years curriculum, leaders have not identified the precise knowledge, skills and vocabulary they want children to learn.
Communication: Parents and carers spoken to during the inspection have nothing but wonderful things to say about the school.
Community Building: Staff know children very well and develop excellent partnerships with parents.
Programs and Resources: The support given to children with SEND is carefully tailored.
Staff Training: Staff are particularly effective at identifying and supporting children with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND).
Welcoming and Professional Staff: Children are very happy at this friendly, warm, and welcoming school.
Safeguarding Training: Staff meet each day to discuss children’s well-being. They are vigilant and report any concerns they may have regarding a child’s welfare or safety.
Play and Learning Integration: Children play and learn happily with their friends. They share toys and resources with friends.
Transition to Primary School: Because of this, children feel safe and happy. Children respond well to adults’ high expectations for behaviour. They have positive attitudes to learning.
Diversity Management: Staff join in with conversations, modelling and repeating words. This helps children to hear the clear pronunciation of words.
Child Safety Management: The arrangements for safeguarding are effective. Leaders work closely with external agencies and follow up on concerns.
Children's Safety and Security: Children feel safe and happy. They know they can turn to adults in the nursery if they need comfort or encouragement.
Teaching Personal Safety: The curriculum helps children to manage risks at an age-appropriate level. This includes using equipment safely when playing outside.
Happiness and Settling: Children display kindness and concern towards each other.
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The Sue Hedley Nursery School is a Nursery, Co-Ed Nursery located in Tyne and Wear, North East.
This nursery accepts children from 2-5 years old.
Currently, the nursery has 79 students enrolled.
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At The Sue Hedley Nursery School we believe that everyone can experience success and can achieve when the conditions for learning meet their needs. We value working in partnership with families, carers and the wider community to ensure all our opportunities for learning and the environment are the best they can be. Our Nursery has two refurbished indoor areas, a garden in a secure Quad and a Forest School area that all children access weekly.
In addition we have a parent's room, art studio, and training rooms to enable families to reach their goals. All children deserve the best start to their education and our outstanding Nursery School aims to provide and support families to achieve this together. As a result of our outstanding work in promoting healthy lifestyles, we have been awarded the "National Healthy Schools Award". We have also achieved National recognition for our commitment to 'child-initiated learning' and are featured on the 'Ofsted' website as a case study for outstanding practice. (March 2012)
We are linked with GATESHEAD 3-7 SCITT (School Centred Initial Teacher Training) and are a major contributing partner. We are also joined to the Apprenticeship program. This enables us to have high quality training opportunities to enable staff to develop further and allows us to have a high level of adults to support your child's learning.
As Head Teacher I am committed to continuing to drive our outstanding Nursery School on further to ensure all our children, families and staff achieves their full potential.
Here at The Sue Hedley Nursery School we aim to work with all related services to ensure thoughtful, quality provision for everyone using the Nursery.
We are a learning community and it is our aim to provide:
A safe listening environment where everyone feels welcome and valued.
Diverse and stimulating opportunities for children, parents, families, staff and the wider community to grow and learn together.
A place where happiness and wellbeing are at the heart of all its activities and endeavours.
A creative culture...a place where people can learn, invent, create and imagine.
A place that nurtures the spirit of curiosity and adventure in the search for knowledge and understanding.
Mrs Judith Reay.
Head Teacher
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In addition we have a parent's room, art studio, and training rooms to enable families to reach their goals. All children deserve the best start to their education and our outstanding Nursery School aims to provide and support families to achieve this together. As a result of our outstanding work in promoting healthy lifestyles, we have been awarded the "National Healthy Schools Award". We have also achieved National recognition for our commitment to 'child-initiated learning' and are featured on the 'Ofsted' website as a case study for outstanding practice. (March 2012)
We are linked with GATESHEAD 3-7 SCITT (School Centred Initial Teacher Training) and are a major contributing partner. We are also joined to the Apprenticeship program. This enables us to have high quality training opportunities to enable staff to develop further and allows us to have a high level of adults to support your child's learning.
As Head Teacher I am committed to continuing to drive our outstanding Nursery School on further to ensure all our children, families and staff achieves their full potential.
Here at The Sue Hedley Nursery School we aim to work with all related services to ensure thoughtful, quality provision for everyone using the Nursery.
We are a learning community and it is our aim to provide:
A safe listening environment where everyone feels welcome and valued.
Diverse and stimulating opportunities for children, parents, families, staff and the wider community to grow and learn together.
A place where happiness and wellbeing are at the heart of all its activities and endeavours.
A creative culture...a place where people can learn, invent, create and imagine.
A place that nurtures the spirit of curiosity and adventure in the search for knowledge and understanding.
Mrs Judith Reay.
Head Teacher
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Holidays 2023/24
| Holidays | Date |
|---|---|
| Autumn Half Term Holidays | 30th Oct 2023 - 3rd Nov 2023 |
| Winter Holidays | 25th Dec 2023 - 5th Jan 2024 |
| Spring Half Term Holidays | 19th Feb 2024 - 23rd Feb 2024 |
| Spring Holidays | 29th Mar 2024 - 12th Apr 2024 |
| Summer Half Term Holidays | 27th May 2024 - 31st May 2024 |
| Summer Holidays | 22nd Jul 2024 - 30th Aug 2024 |
Terms Dates 2023/24
| Terms | Dates |
|---|---|
| Autumn Term | 4th Sep 2023 - 29th Oct 2023 |
| Autumn Term-2 | 4th Nov 2023 - 24th Dec 2023 |
| Spring Term | 6th Jan 2024 - 18th Feb 2024 |
| Spring Term-2 | 24th Feb 2024 - 28th Mar 2024 |
| Summer Term | 13th Apr 2024 - 26th May 2024 |
| Summer Term-2 | 1st Jun 2024 - 21st Jul 2024 |
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