Fairfield Nursery School

What Ofsted said

From the inspection on 10 October 2023

Children are happy at Fairfield Nursery School. They confidently say goodbye to their parents and carers each day. Children feel safe and trust the adults to look after them. The school motto, 'every bud deserves a chance to blossom', is at the heart of everything this school does. Most children, including two-year-olds, achieve well. This is because the school has high expectations for every child, including children with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND). Typically, children move on to primary schools ready for the next stage of their learning. Children behave well. They are polite and well mannered. They proudly showed inspectors their favourite books and resources. Children take part in learning activities with confidence. They know that caring staff will help them to play and explore. Children enjoy special activities, such as learning outdoors in the woodland area. They engage in creative activities, including painting, baking and sewing, with gusto. Children relish 'stay and play' sessions when their parents come along to take part in mathematics and art activities. Children learn to care for living things, such as stick insects and butterflies. They benefit from educational trips and visits, for example picnics in the park, travelling by train to the seaside and learning about modelling clay with a sculptor.

What the school should improve

• The school does not ensure that some staff engage in high-quality interactions with children. This means that some staff do not identify gaps in children's language knowledge well enough to help them overcome their difficulties in communication. The school should ensure that staff are suitably trained to identify and rapidly address gaps in children's communication and language knowledge.

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