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Wilderness Pre-School | Ofsted Reports, Reviews (2025)
Wilderness Pre-School
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Wilderness Pre-School
- Nursery
- Guildford GU2 7QR
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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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Diverse Books and Toys: Children are given a warm welcome at the pre-school, which is well established as part of the community. They appear happy and confident to access the learning environment.
Indoor and Outdoor Facilities: Children enjoy exploring in the digging area and learning to climb, using stepping stones. Staff remain nearby to carefully supervise but allow children to take appropriate risks during their play.
Activities: Children enjoy listening to staff at 'show and tell', where they learn about stag beetles and bird nests that staff have found. They are eager to join in with acting out the stories from well-known tales, such as 'The Three Little Pigs'.
Skills , Knowledge and Behavior: All children make good progress. They are supported to develop a love of stories, books and rhymes. Mathematical concepts, such as number, shape and size, are well embedded into the daily care and learning activities.
Community Building: Parents speak very highly of the manager and staff team. They talk of the strong bonds that their children have with their key person. They value the open-door policy to allow them to voice their concerns and views.
Communication: Parents are invited to meet with staff at least once each term and take their children's learning folders home on request. However, the systems in place for providing more regular feedback on what children have been learning at the pre-school are not as effective.
Programs and Resources: The pre-school makes good use of the progress check for children aged between two and three years to establish starting points for new children and to help identify any emerging additional needs or support that may be required.
Staff Training: The special educational needs coordinator spoke to the inspector about how they support children with special educational needs and/or disabilities.
Welcoming and Professional Staff: Staff know children's individual needs well and carefully consider their unique family circumstances when planning for their next steps in learning. Staff act as excellent role models and children behave well and are kind to one another.
Safeguarding Training: Staff demonstrate suitable knowledge around the signs and indicators of abuse. They know how to report and refer concerns about a child who may be at risk of harm.
Play and Learning Integration: Staff build children's confidence as they develop their early writing skills. For instance, children are eager to practise writing their own name.
Transition to Primary School: Children are proud to demonstrate their singing and signing abilities to the new teachers of the schools they will be moving to next. Systems in place for supporting children's transition to school are excellent.
Child Safety Management: Children are taught how to keep themselves safe and learn about being healthy. They know to wait for supervision before using large climbing equipment.
Children's Safety and Security: Effective risk assessments are in place to ensure the safety and security of children at the pre-school.
Happiness and Settling: Children are familiar with the routine of the pre-school and are cared for by kind, sensitive and nurturing staff.
Nutritional Menu: Some children enjoy breakfast when they arrive so that they are ready to play and learn. This helps them to build self-confidence, develop greater independence and be ready for school.
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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 - 2nd Sep 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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