Taywood Nursery School

What Ofsted said

From the inspection on 8 May 2024

Children become the communicative, resilient, independent and imaginative youngsters that the school aims for them to be. This is because it has high expectations of children and the knowledge that they will learn. Through the school's mostly well-considered and delivered curriculum, children achieve well. Children enthuse about their learning. They benefit from the school's well-organised activities, including in its woodland area. Children learn about the importance of safety, caring and friendship. They feel happy and at ease at the school. It helps them to form close relationships with one another and with key staff. Children learn essential concepts such as same and different, growing and changing and being my best. The school deliberately teaches children rules about their personal privacy. This helps children, including two-year-olds, to communicate their needs and feelings, such as their likes and dislikes. They behave well. Children develop their understanding of the importance of equality. The school builds on children's knowledge, for example, of who is in my family and what a home may look like. It helps children to learn about differences between themselves and other people and communities. Children are well prepared for their lives in modern Britain.

What the school should improve

• In some of the curriculums, the school has not identified some of the key knowledge that staff will teach to children. This means that staff are not sure what essential knowledge children should learn. This affects some children's success. The school should make certain that the curriculum in each area of learning is equally well thought out so that staff are clear about the knowledge that children need to remember.
• Sometimes, the school does not make sure that staff create activities that will deliver its curriculum in the way that it intends. This means that some children do not learn as well as they could. The school should ensure that staff have the expertise they need to put the school's curriculum into action.

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