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Turncroft Nursery School
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Turncroft Nursery School
- Nursery
- Darwen BB3 2DN
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| Effectiveness of leadership and management | Outstanding |
| The quality of practice and services | Outstanding |
| Access to services by young children and families | Outstanding |
| Previous inspection grade | Outstanding |
| Overall effectiveness at previous inspection | Outstanding |
| Quality of teaching, learning and assessment | Outstanding |
| Personal development, behaviour and welfare | Outstanding |
| Outcomes for children | Outstanding |
| Outcomes for pupils | Outstanding |
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Diverse Books and Toys: Books are everywhere. Children proudly and confidently showed me the many books, puppets and resources that staff set out for them to use.
Indoor and Outdoor Facilities: They explore with confidence and enthusiasm indoors and outdoors.
Activities: For instance, they learn to talk about different story books, sing many nursery rhymes and use numbers accurately in their learning activities.
Skills , Knowledge and Behavior: Staff teach unfamiliar words extremely well through their carefully planned use of stories. They help children to become familiar with the language of story books.
Communication: They make certain that parents and carers are fully involved in decisions about their children.
Programs and Resources: Leaders ensure that children with SEND have the same high-quality learning as other children.
Staff Training: They use experts from outside the school to give extra help to these children.
Welcoming and Professional Staff: Their enthusiasm for nursery education was clear throughout the inspection.
Safeguarding Training: Leaders and governors make certain that staff know their responsibilities for safeguarding children.
Play and Learning Integration: They explore with confidence and enthusiasm indoors and outdoors.
Transition to Primary School: Primary schools tell the nursery school that children join them ready for Reception class.
Child Safety Management: Leaders and staff are vigilant, and they listen to children. They ensure that children stay safe at the school.
Children's Safety and Security: At the start of the school day, children settle quickly and happily. The nursery is calm but full of talk.
Teaching Personal Safety: They teach children to recognise the sounds that letters represent, for instance in their names.
Happiness and Settling: At the start of the school day, children settle quickly and happily. The nursery is calm but full of talk.
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Turncroft Nursery School is a Nursery, Co-Ed Nursery located in Lancashire, North West.
This nursery accepts children from 3-4 years old.
Currently, the nursery has 59 students enrolled.
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Welcome to Turncroft Nursery School
Our mission statement is...
"Turncroft Nursery school, the Place for Learning and Laughter."
We see Turncroft Nursery School as the first stage in your child's educational journey. We strive to build on the excellent work you have already done with your child. Together, we can support your child in all areas of their learning and development. We welcome your comments and feedback which in turn help to shape and inform our practice as part of our school improvement.
We are proud to have been awarded 3 consecutive Ofsted 'Outstanding' ratings. However, we are constantly striving to enhance and develop our practice further. Please see the 'About Us' tab where you can read our Inspection reports.
We have a committed and skilled staff who are passionate about children and their learning. We promote high quality learning opportunities for all our children. Personal, Social and Emotional Development is one of our key strengths: this is vital in order to establish positive relationships with others and also provides a firm foundation for growth and development.
We are a Local Authority Education Nursery School in Blackburn with Darwen providing places for children the year before starting Primary School.
We have one hundred places -
50 morning part-time places
50 afternoon part-time places
We also offer extended services, you can find out more about under the 'Key Information' tab. This service is particularly useful for working parents and those at college or university.
We will be pleased to help you with any enquiries you may have. Email us, telephone, send a message via Facebook...or better still come and have a tour around our popular Nursery School.
We look forward to welcoming you to our happy and vibrant school.
Mrs Elizabeth Shears - Headteacher
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Our mission statement is...
"Turncroft Nursery school, the Place for Learning and Laughter."
We see Turncroft Nursery School as the first stage in your child's educational journey. We strive to build on the excellent work you have already done with your child. Together, we can support your child in all areas of their learning and development. We welcome your comments and feedback which in turn help to shape and inform our practice as part of our school improvement.
We are proud to have been awarded 3 consecutive Ofsted 'Outstanding' ratings. However, we are constantly striving to enhance and develop our practice further. Please see the 'About Us' tab where you can read our Inspection reports.
We have a committed and skilled staff who are passionate about children and their learning. We promote high quality learning opportunities for all our children. Personal, Social and Emotional Development is one of our key strengths: this is vital in order to establish positive relationships with others and also provides a firm foundation for growth and development.
We are a Local Authority Education Nursery School in Blackburn with Darwen providing places for children the year before starting Primary School.
We have one hundred places -
50 morning part-time places
50 afternoon part-time places
We also offer extended services, you can find out more about under the 'Key Information' tab. This service is particularly useful for working parents and those at college or university.
We will be pleased to help you with any enquiries you may have. Email us, telephone, send a message via Facebook...or better still come and have a tour around our popular Nursery School.
We look forward to welcoming you to our happy and vibrant school.
Mrs Elizabeth Shears - Headteacher
Holidays & terms
Holidays 2023/24
| Holidays | Date |
|---|---|
| Autumn Half Term Holidays | 23rd Oct 2023 - 27th Oct 2023 |
| Winter Holidays | 25th Dec 2023 - 5th Jan 2024 |
| Spring Half Term Holidays | 12th Feb 2024 - 16th Feb 2024 |
| Spring Holidays | 29th Mar 2024 - 12th Apr 2024 |
| Summer Half Term Holidays | 27th May 2024 - 31st May 2024 |
| Summer Holidays | 23rd Jul 2024 - 30th Aug 2024 |
Terms Dates 2023/24
| Terms | Dates |
|---|---|
| Autumn Term | 1st Sep 2023 - 22nd Oct 2023 |
| Autumn Term-2 | 28th Oct 2023 - 24th Dec 2023 |
| Spring Term | 6th Jan 2024 - 11th Feb 2024 |
| Spring Term-2 | 17th Feb 2024 - 28th Mar 2024 |
| Summer Term | 13th Apr 2024 - 26th May 2024 |
| Summer Term-2 | 1st Jun 2024 - 22nd Jul 2024 |
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