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Positive Steps Nursery

Ofsted: GoodNursery

East Durham College, Willerby Grove, Peterlee, SR8 2RN

Provider type

Nursery

Capacity

58 children

Key details

Capacity

58 places

Ofsted Inspection Summary

Positive Steps Nursery was inspected by Ofsted on 29 September 2022 and received an overall rating of Good. In their report, inspectors noted: "Children are confident, happy and settled at this friendly and welcoming nursery. They are curious and motivated to learn, as they take part in a wide range of interesting and challenging activities. For example, they explore and concentrate as they play, blowing bubbles and making marks with paint."

Key strengths

  • There is strong support for children's physical development.
  • Children strengthen their smaller muscles through a range of activities, including peeling fruit, exploring with dough and mixing paints.
  • Good support for children's mathematics is found in everyday activities.
  • Partnerships with parents are good.
  • There is strong support for children with special educational needs and/or disabilities.

Areas for improvement

  • review how staff are used to better support children during daily routines, in order to raise the quality of learning further
  • introduce more visual prompts to further support children's learning and behaviour visually, as well as verbally.
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Location

East Durham College, Willerby Grove, Peterlee, SR8 2RN

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