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St Mary'S Nursery

Ofsted: GoodNursery

St. Marys First School, Hencotes, Hexham, NE46 2EE

Provider type

Nursery

Capacity

49 children

Key details

Capacity

49 places

Ofsted Inspection Summary

St Mary'S Nursery was inspected by Ofsted on 3 November 2023 and received an overall rating of Good. In their report, inspectors noted: "Managers want to provide children with a safe and home-from-home environment to play and learn in. They know what they want children to learn and achieve. Overall, staff provide a curriculum which helps children to be ready for school."

Key strengths

  • Staff encourage children's mathematical development during all activities.
  • Staff encourage children to learn about events and celebrations in the local community.
  • Staff offer children healthy and home-cooked meals and snacks, who learn to feed themselves.
  • Staff provide activities which encourage children to concentrate, try and have a go.
  • Staff plan many activities to develop children's physical skills.

Areas for improvement

  • support all staff to have a greater understanding of what individual children need to learn next and share this information more consistently with parents
  • enhance staff's knowledge of how to help children who need extra support to catch up in their language development
  • focus professional development on extending staff's practice and the quality of education to a higher level.
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Location

St. Marys First School, Hencotes, Hexham, NE46 2EE

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