Aspiring Foundations Federated Nursery Schools - Warrington Road Nursery School

What Ofsted said

From the inspection on 15 July 2025

Children are happy at this caring nursery school. They show a strong sense of belonging. Children happily wave goodbye to their parents and carers at the start of each day. Staff get to know children well, which helps them to settle in and to feel secure. The school is ambitious for what children can achieve. This includes for children with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND). Overall, children develop positive attitudes towards their learning. However, due to weaknesses in the design of the curriculum and how it is implemented, children do not learn as well as they should. Children typically behave well. They develop their understanding of taking turns with other children during their play. Children learn about some of the differences that exist between themselves and others, and that these differences should be valued. The school provides children with experiences that help them to understand the world around them. For instance, children go on trips to a forest and a farm, which broadens their awareness of animals and nature. Visitors to the school, such as firefighters and police officers, help children to learn about safety and of people in the community who help others.

What the school should improve

• In many areas of learning, the curriculum is not well designed. This means that staff do not have enough guidance to understand what children should learn and the order that it should be taught. The school should ensure that it identifies the important information that children should learn and when this should be taught, so that staff help children to know and remember more.
• The curriculum is not delivered consistently well. The school is not as effective as it should be at evaluating the implementation of the curriculum and using this information to develop staff's expertise. As a result, some children do not learn as well as they should. The school should ensure that it checks how well staff implement the curriculum and support staff to enable children to learn more effectively.
• Staff do not check closely enough how well children develop and secure new knowledge across the curriculum. This means that gaps in children's learning are not consistently identified and addressed. The school should support staff in assessing how Nursery School 3 well children progress through the curriculum, to prepare them sufficiently for their next steps in learning.

Read the full Ofsted report (opens in a new tab)