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Chestnut Nursery | Ofsted Reports, Reviews (2025)
Chestnut Nursery
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Chestnut Nursery
- Nursery
- Kirklees HD2 1HJ
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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 | Good |
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Indoor and Outdoor Facilities: Children love playing outdoors, which they freely access. They develop confidence and physical skills as they whizz around on wheeled toys and use the natural environment, such as trees, to build a den using scarves.
Activities: Staff plan a wealth of exciting activities that, largely, engage children well.
Skills , Knowledge and Behavior: They develop confidence and physical skills as they whizz around on wheeled toys and use the natural environment. Staff support them to follow the nursery rules and enjoy tasks, such as setting up for lunch.
Communication: Staff use a wide variety of methods to communicate with parents and carers, including sharing children's assessments and next steps in learning electronically.
Community Building: Staff plan events, such as multicultural celebrations, a seaside trip and community trails, initially set up during the pandemic.
Programs and Resources: This includes children who enter below developmental expectations, those in receipt of additional funding and those with special educational needs and/or disabilities. For example, staff put in place intense interventions and work in excellent partnership with other professionals.
Staff Training: Staff expand children's learning through their enthusiastic interactions. They continue to focus on strengthening the coaching and mentoring of staff, especially those less qualified or experienced.
Welcoming and Professional Staff: Staff greet children with enthusiasm, love and affection, which helps children to feel safe and secure.
Safeguarding Training: There is an open and positive culture around safeguarding that puts children's interests first.
Play and Learning Integration: They develop confidence and physical skills as they whizz around on wheeled toys and use the natural environment.
Transition to Primary School: Staff effectively prepare older children for going to school. Children are keen learners and highly sociable as they create a habitat together for the frog they find in the garden.
Diversity Management: Staff celebrate everyone's uniqueness. This helps the culturally diverse families and staff team to feel respected, valued and included.
Child Safety Management: There is an open and positive culture around safeguarding that puts children's interests first.
Children's Safety and Security: Children happily enter the vibrant and richly resourced nursery. Staff greet children with enthusiasm, love and affection, which helps children to feel safe and secure.
Happiness and Settling: Children settle quickly after placing their photograph on a coat peg, and are eager to start playing. Babies and toddlers babble and smile at staff's nurturing interactions.
Nutritional Menu: Staff use activities, such as planting, growing and cooking sessions with the nursery chef, to help children learn about healthy eating.
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Chestnut Nursery is a Nursery, Nursery located in West Yorkshire, Yorkshire and The Humber.
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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 | 23rd Jul 2025 - 29th Aug 2025 |
Terms Dates 2024/25
| Terms | Dates |
|---|---|
| Autumn Term | 2nd 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 - 22nd Jul 2025 |
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