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Little Birches In Sonning Common Ltd

Ofsted: GoodNursery

Horsepond Road, Gallowstree Common, Reading, RG4 9BT

Provider type

Nursery

Capacity

128 children

Key details

Capacity

128 places

Ofsted Inspection Summary

Little Birches In Sonning Common Ltd was inspected by Ofsted on 28 March 2023 and received an overall rating of Good. In their report, inspectors noted: "Children settle well in this calm and nurturing nursery. They form strong bonds with staff, which helps them to feel safe and secure. Children are happy and confident."

Key strengths

  • Staff benefit from regular supervision meetings, where they can discuss their key children, their general well-being and professional development.
  • Staff support children with special educational needs and/or disabilities well, they work with parents and other agencies to help ensure the children get the…
  • Staff introduce numbers from an early age.
  • Staff generally provide a challenging curriculum for all children.
  • Overall, staff support children to develop their vocabulary and language skills.

Areas for improvement

  • ensure the implementation of planned activities within the curriculum is consistently effective and that all staff understand what they want children to learn
  • review staff's use of vocabulary when interacting with children to use clear words to help children build on their already good communication skills
  • review the organisation of mealtimes, so that the needs of all children are considered, and the length of time children spend waiting is reduced.
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Location

Horsepond Road, Gallowstree Common, Reading, RG4 9BT

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