Effra Nursery School and Children's Centre

What Ofsted said

From the inspection on 17 October 2023

The school is a nurturing and safe place to be. Staff make sure that children are warmly welcomed when they join the school and helped to settle in quickly. Children are happy here and build trusting working relationships with staff. Staff use the large spaces indoors and outdoors to provide a wealth of learning. Typically, they plan this well to build up children's understanding cumulatively across different areas of learning. Children love getting involved in all the different learning available to them each day. They have lots of opportunities to find out about nature through regular visits to a community 'nature-nurture' garden and local parks. Children play well together and are encouraged to be considerate of each other. They are taught to be kind and that 'sharing is caring'. Staff support children to manage their emotions and sort out any disagreements quickly and calmly. Parents and carers appreciate how closely the school works with them to support their children's learning. Staff have children's best interests in mind in everything that they do. Children are well prepared for the next stage in their education when they move to primary school.

What the school should improve

• The school has not identified precisely the components of knowledge and skills that children need to learn and when in all the areas that children need to learn. As a result, sometimes staff are unsure what children need to learn next. Leaders should continue their review of the curriculum to ensure that their curriculum thinking sets out all the key content that children need to know and when.

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