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The Playbox, St Johns Methodist Church Preschool

Ofsted: GoodNursery

The Playbox Nursery, St. Johns Methodist Church, Community Centre , York Road, SUDBURY, CO10 1ND

Provider type

Nursery

Capacity

28 children

Key details

Capacity

28 places

Ofsted Inspection Summary

The Playbox, St Johns Methodist Church Preschool was inspected by Ofsted on 13 July 2022 and received an overall rating of Good. In their report, inspectors noted: "Children arrive at the nursery excited to join in with a planned activities week. Some children choose to have their faces painted and others wear fancy-dress animal ears and tails to join in with the day's theme. Children delight to see that adults are wearing animal ears too."

Key strengths

  • Children have many opportunities to practise their hand control.
  • Staff think carefully about the needs of the children who attend the nursery.
  • Staff are particularly skilled at using songs and music to support children's communication, language and understanding of rhythm.
  • Children's speech is supported by staff who introduce new words to them, placing them in the correct context.
  • Leaders and staff have high expectations for all children to achieve.

Areas for improvement

  • support staff to make the most of teachable moments to help children learn to use equipment correctly
  • strengthen staff practice to develop their questioning techniques to further extend children's thinking skills and allow them time to respond.
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Location

The Playbox Nursery, St. Johns Methodist Church, Community Centre , York Road, SUDBURY, CO10 1ND

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