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The Chesterfords Community Preschool

Ofsted: GoodNursery

The Chesterfords Community centre, Newmarket Road, Great Chesterford, SAFFRON WALDEN, CB10 1NS

Provider type

Nursery

Capacity

30 children

Key details

Capacity

30 places

Ofsted Inspection Summary

The Chesterfords Community Preschool was inspected by Ofsted on 8 October 2024 and received an overall rating of Good. In their report, inspectors noted: "The caring and nurturing staff team creates a warm and welcoming environment where children settle well. Children actively seek out their key person when they arrive at the pre-school. This demonstrates the strong bonds they have formed."

Key strengths

  • Staff awareness of their cohort and demographic enables them to plan a curriculum that builds on children's knowledge of themselves and others.
  • Children of all ages access books.
  • The pre-school staff are keen to ensure that children develop healthy lifestyles.
  • Parent partnerships are a key strength of the pre-school.
  • The leadership team supports staff well-being effectively.

Areas for improvement

  • support staff to develop their knowledge and ability to set next-step targets that build on the areas children need to develop the most
  • focus supervision targets more precisely to support staff and raise the quality of their teaching to the highest level.
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Location

The Chesterfords Community centre, Newmarket Road, Great Chesterford, SAFFRON WALDEN, CB10 1NS

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