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The Ark Centre | Ofsted Reports, Reviews (2025)
The Ark Centre
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The Ark Centre
- Nursery
- Harwich CO12 3LU
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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 | Requires Improvement |
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Indoor and Outdoor Facilities: Children move confidently between the playroom and outdoor learning space.
Activities: Staff introduce a selection of plastic dinosaurs into the mud kitchen and turn the play dough table into a bakery.
Skills , Knowledge and Behavior: Staff encourage children to learn to respect their environment and keep it safe.
Communication: Leaders provide parents with regular newsletters, invite them to attend open evenings.
Community Building: Encourage them to learn songs and nursery rhymes that their children sing at nursery.
Programs and Resources: They work closely with outside agencies to support all children, especially those with special educational needs and/or disabilities.
Welcoming and Professional Staff: Staff are kind and caring and help new children to settle in to the centre.
Safeguarding Training: Staff regularly update their safeguarding knowledge through training and weekly team meetings.
Play and Learning Integration: Children guide their own play and learning, accessing resources from easily accessible storage units.
Transition to Primary School: This helps children to be well prepared for their next stage of learning.
Child Safety Management: Staff ensure that the environment remains safe and well organised.
Children's Safety and Security: Children, including those who are new to the centre, show that they feel safe.
Teaching Personal Safety: Encourage children to develop their understanding of risk.
Happiness and Settling: Children behave well and are kind and caring towards their friends.
Nutritional Menu: Staff are knowledgeable about children's dietary needs and preferences.
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The Ark Centre is a Nursery, Nursery located in Essex, 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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