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Blandford Children Centre Nursery
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Blandford Children Centre Nursery
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- Blandford Forum DT11 8SW
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| The quality of education | Good |
| Behaviour and attitudes | Good |
| Personal development | Good |
| Leadership and management | Good |
| Overall effectiveness at previous inspection | Not Applicable |
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Diverse Books and Toys: Children's literacy development is well supported with cosy reading areas indoors and in the garden, and a recently established library system.
Indoor and Outdoor Facilities: Children enjoy spending time in the garden and participate in group games with friends.
Diverse Books and Toys: Children's literacy development is well supported with cosy reading areas indoors and in the garden, and a recently established library system.
Indoor and Outdoor Facilities: Children enjoy spending time in the garden and participate in group games with friends.
Indoor and Outdoor Facilities: Safety measures have been improved to ensure children are well supervised
Activities: Staff encourage children to try nutritious foods through activities like creating a role-play shop with real items.
Skills , Knowledge and Behavior: Children harvest vegetables and learn about teeth and oral hygiene using toothbrushes and sets of teeth.
Activities: Staff encourage children to try nutritious foods through activities like creating a role-play shop with real items.
Skills , Knowledge and Behavior: Children harvest vegetables and learn about teeth and oral hygiene using toothbrushes and sets of teeth.
Communication: Staff keep parents informed about their children's day and learning, providing regular opportunities to discuss their children's progress.
Community Building: Parents appreciate the links that staff have with the local school to enable a smooth transition process when children are ready to move on.
Communication: Staff keep parents informed about their children's day and learning, providing regular opportunities to discuss their children's progress.
Community Building: Parents appreciate the links that staff have with the local school to enable a smooth transition process when children are ready to move on.
Welcoming and Professional Staff: Parents speak highly of the staff, describing them as 'approachable and friendly'.
Safeguarding Training: Most staff have completed paediatric first-aid training, ensuring they can support children in the event of an accident.
Welcoming and Professional Staff: Parents speak highly of the staff, describing them as 'approachable and friendly'.
Safeguarding Training: Most staff have completed paediatric first-aid training, ensuring they can support children in the event of an accident.
Welcoming and Professional Staff: Staff received coaching to enhance role clarity and understanding
Safeguarding Training: Improved safety measures indicate enhanced safeguarding training
Play and Learning Integration: Children play excitedly with a brightly coloured parachute, giggling under it, which has a positive impact on their social and emotional development.
Transition to Primary School: Staff keep parents informed and provide regular opportunities to discuss their children's progress, aiding a smooth transition to primary school.
Play and Learning Integration: Children play excitedly with a brightly coloured parachute, giggling under it, which has a positive impact on their social and emotional development.
Transition to Primary School: Staff keep parents informed and provide regular opportunities to discuss their children's progress, aiding a smooth transition to primary school.
Child Safety Management: Risk assessment arrangements are effective to ensure the environment is safe and secure.
Children's Safety and Security: Children are well supervised as child-to-adult ratios are always followed.
Happiness and Settling: Children are happy and settled in the nursery and are familiar with the routines.
Child Safety Management: Risk assessment arrangements are effective to ensure the environment is safe and secure.
Children's Safety and Security: Children are well supervised as child-to-adult ratios are always followed.
Happiness and Settling: Children are happy and settled in the nursery and are familiar with the routines.
Child Safety Management: Improved procedures for moving children around setting
Children's Safety and Security: Incident led to enhanced security and safety protocols
Nutritional Menu: Staff encourage children to try nutritious foods and plan activities like creating a role-play shop with real items.
Nutritional Menu: Staff encourage children to try nutritious foods and plan activities like creating a role-play shop with real items.
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Holidays 2024/25
| Holidays | Date |
|---|---|
| Autumn Half Term Holidays | 28th Oct 2024 - 1st Nov 2024 |
| Winter Holidays | 23rd Dec 2024 - 3rd Jan 2025 |
| Spring Half Term Holidays | 17th Feb 2025 - 21st Feb 2025 |
| Spring Holidays | 7th Apr 2025 - 21st Apr 2025 |
| Summer Half Term Holidays | 26th May 2025 - 30th May 2025 |
| Summer Holidays | 24th Jul 2025 - 29th Aug 2025 |
Terms Dates 2024/25
| Terms | Dates |
|---|---|
| Autumn Term | 3rd Sep 2024 - 27th Oct 2024 |
| Autumn Term-2 | 2nd Nov 2024 - 22nd Dec 2024 |
| Spring Term | 4th Jan 2025 - 16th Feb 2025 |
| Spring Term-2 | 22nd Feb 2025 - 6th Apr 2025 |
| Summer Term | 22nd Apr 2025 - 25th May 2025 |
| Summer Term-2 | 31st May 2025 - 23rd Jul 2025 |
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