Wheatley Nursery School

What Ofsted said

From the inspection on 4 May 2023

Children are happy and confident at this village nursery school. Adults greet children with smiles at the start of each day. Children settle quickly to the wide range of engaging and thoughtful activities that are organised for them. Children take turns and are patient with each other. For example, during the inspection, some children tried on a model of a king's crown and shared Union Jack drawings they had prepared. One of the children jumped with excitement and said that they were 'getting ready for the big party' of King Charles III's coronation. Children develop their knowledge and achieve well, including children with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND). Children are kind to each other. They express their thoughts and feelings in appropriate ways. For example, one child with SEND used picture cards to describe her emotional response to a writing activity. Another politely asked a friend to pass white and blue sticky cards across the table as they created collage artwork together. Behaviour is a strength of the school. If there are any examples of unkindness between children, these incidents are managed in gentle but clear and effective ways. Children develop increasing independence. They learn to do things for themselves, such as collect their lunch boxes and get themselves ready for the end of the school day.

What the school should improve

• The curriculum is not consistently implemented as effectively as it could be. This means that not all children are achieving as well as they could. Leaders should continue to embed the curriculum and ensure that staff learn from where practice to build children's knowledge and vocabulary is strongest, utilising training, staff development and building on existing strengths within the staff team.

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