Reddish Vale Nursery School

What Ofsted said

From the inspection on 3 December 2024

Children are happy and feel at ease at this school. They enjoy playing with their friends and staff. The school helps children, including two-year-olds, to settle very well in their classrooms. Staff guide them gently to make the brave step of separating from their parents and carers. At the end of an enjoyable and rewarding day at school, many children are keen to tell their parents about their fascinating learning. Children's trusting relationships with staff, such as with their key person, indicate that children feel safe at the school. They learn from staff how to manage their own feelings and behaviour very well. Where children have special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND), the school takes extra steps to make sure that children receive the support that they need. Children at the school blossom in their development and learning. As a result of the school's high expectations, children gain much new knowledge. For instance, they become confident, communicative explorers and first-rate storytellers. Children develop a wide range of additional skills, including climbing trees and swinging on rope swings in the school's garden. They enjoy learning from the skilful staff so much that they are keen to know even more.

What the school should improve

• On occasion, in some of its curriculum, the school is less clear about the important information that it wants children to know. This means that, at times, the school is less sure that children learn as much as they could. The school should identify the key curriculum content that staff will teach, to help build children's knowledge even more securely.

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