Holwell Nursery School
Crouch Lane, Holwell, Sherborne, DT9 5LP
Provider type
Nursery
Capacity
46 children
Key details
Capacity
46 places
Ofsted Inspection Summary
Holwell Nursery School was inspected by Ofsted on 13 September 2024 and received an overall rating of Good. In their report, inspectors noted: "Children and their families receive a warm welcome into this nurturing and caring nursery. Children arrive happy and quickly engage in motivating and challenging activities that staff organise for them. Older children rush in, independently put their coats on their pegs, greet staff and start playing with their friends."
Key strengths
- Relationships between staff and parents are warm and supportive.
- Staff interactions with children are positive and encouraging.
- Effective planning and assessment mean that staff have a good understanding of children's interests, strengths and needs.
- Staff encourage children to make choices and decisions about what they eat, drink, and play with.
- The provider has high expectations of staff and are keen to support their well- being.
Areas for improvement
- support staff to give children the time they need to share their ideas and to practise using new vocabulary to develop children's communication skills further
- help older children to develop their independence skills further by offering more opportunities for them to complete tasks for themselves.
This summary is extracted from the official Ofsted inspection report. Read the full report for complete information.
Location
Crouch Lane, Holwell, Sherborne, DT9 5LP
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