Orchard Day Nursery
239 Henley Road, Caversham, Reading, RG4 6LJ
Provider type
Nursery
Capacity
54 children
Key details
Capacity
54 places
Ofsted Inspection Summary
Orchard Day Nursery was inspected by Ofsted on 12 March 2025 and received an overall rating of Requires improvement. In their report, inspectors noted: "The provision requires improvement The provider has made progress since the last inspection. However, some staff's practice is variable and their care of children and teaching is not consistently good. Nevertheless, children enjoy their time at the nursery."
Key strengths
- Staff are caring and enjoy being with the children.
- There are times when staff manage the daily routines well and children cooperate with these.
- Staff generally provide consistent guidance to children about their behaviour.
- Children benefit from healthy, freshly cooked home-made meals that meet their needs.
- Staff know the children and families well.
Areas for improvement
- build on the staff's quality of practice further to help them provide consistently good care, support, teaching and interactions with children
- strengthen staff's understanding of the curriculum and the skills and knowledge they want children to gain over time
- develop the organisation of changes of routines to help keep children more purposefully engaged
- support staff to promote children's understanding of why some behaviours are not suitable.
This summary is extracted from the official Ofsted inspection report. Read the full report for complete information.
Location
239 Henley Road, Caversham, Reading, RG4 6LJ
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