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Ashfield Nursery & Elc

Ofsted: GoodNursery

259 Stanhope Road, SOUTH SHIELDS, NE33 4RT

Provider type

Nursery

Capacity

72 children

Key details

Capacity

72 places

Ofsted Inspection Summary

Ashfield Nursery & Elc was inspected by Ofsted on 12 December 2022 and received an overall rating of Good. In their report, inspectors noted: "Children are very happy to attend this friendly nursery. They benefit from a broad variety of learning opportunities that staff plan to help them achieve the next steps in their learning. For example, staff identify that children need support to develop their hand muscles in preparation for writing, so prepare a range of activities for them to practise handling tools."

Key strengths

  • Staff build strong bonds with children.
  • Staff actively promote inclusion as they acknowledge and value differences, ensuring that their plans take account of children's individual needs.
  • Children with special educational needs and/or disabilities are supported well.
  • Although staff promote healthy lifestyles effectively overall, on occasions their interactions do not consistently extend younger children's self-care skills…
  • Overall, children develop good levels of speech for communication.

Areas for improvement

  • continue to improve staff's skills to help them make the most of all opportunities, including mealtimes, to strengthen children's understanding of how…
  • develop strategies used by staff working with younger children to enhance their communication and language skills and support their growing vocabulary.
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Location

259 Stanhope Road, SOUTH SHIELDS, NE33 4RT

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