Longshaw Nursery School

What Ofsted said

From the inspection on 23 April 2024

Children settle quickly and are happy at this welcoming nursery school. The school is ambitious for children, including those with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND). Building children's confidence and self-esteem is an important aspect of the school's ambition for its children. Nurturing staff provide children with a range of learning opportunities that help to realise this. Many children, including those with SEND, achieve well. Children, including those in the two-year-old provision, understand the routines of the school day. For example, they readily brush their teeth before home time. Staff help children to learn good manners. Children say 'thank you' and 'please' when sharing out food during snack times. Staff promote positive behaviour consistently from the moment children join the school. Children learn the importance of sharing and cooperating with one another. This helps them to learn with little disruption to their activities. A range of visitors help children to learn about people who help us in society, for instance the fire brigade and the local dentist. The school prioritises specific activities that it wants children to take part in. For example, carving a pumpkin and making a birthday cake. These experiences extend children's wider development.

What the school should improve

• In a small number of activities, staff are not clear about the important knowledge that they should teach children. In these activities, children do not learn as well as they could. The school should ensure that staff design and deliver learning activities which help children build on what they already know.

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