Tunstall Nursery School

What Ofsted said

From the inspection on 7 May 2025

This is a wonderfully warm and welcoming place. Respectful, trusting relationships are at the heart of this delightful school. Parents and carers talk of how happy and safe their children are at school. Staff have high expectations for children's behaviour. They establish clear routines. Children settle quickly and know what is expected of them. They behave exceptionally well. Children focus on their learning, sustaining concentration for impressively long periods of time. Children achieve well here across the curriculum. The school has designed a curriculum with ambitious end goals, broken down into clear milestones. Provision for children who have special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND), or who are at the early stages of learning English, is excellent. Children secure strong foundations, which they can successfully and confidently build on in their next stage of education. The school ensures that children benefit from a range of rich experiences during their time at Nursery. For example, the youngest children enjoy a range of activities in the school's outdoor woodland area, such as building a fire and toasting marshmallows. Older children take the tram to a nearby forest, where they undertake more ambitious tasks such as den building.

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