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Ducklings Opportunity Group | Ofsted Reports, Reviews (2025)
Ducklings Opportunity Group
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Ducklings Opportunity Group
- Nursery
- Stoke-on-Trent ST3 7DY
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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 | Outstanding |
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Diverse Books and Toys: Children select from a range of resources that capture their interests, such as cars and feeding their baby dolls. They love listening to stories about dinosaurs.
Indoor and Outdoor Facilities: Children explore the environment and play outdoors safely and feel secure. However, there are fewer opportunities to develop climbing and balancing skills.
Activities: Children learn through a curriculum that captures their individual interests, such as learning about mathematics through shapes and numbers on traffic signs.
Skills , Knowledge and Behavior: Children develop the skills they need for future learning, including their move to school. Staff pace their questions to allow good time for children to think and answer.
Community Building: Parents comment positively on the stay-and-play sessions they attend. They say that they 'had a fabulous time' and they love coming to watch their child playing with friends.
Communication: Staff encourage the use of individual daily diaries for exchanging comments between home and nursery. However, communication arrangements are not robustly effective in reaching all parents.
Programs and Resources: Staff observe and assess all aspects of children's progress, identifying where targeted support and further intervention are needed to help close any gaps in their progress.
Staff Training: The manager and staff have a secure knowledge and understanding of how to keep children safe through regular safeguarding training.
Welcoming and Professional Staff: Children are safe and feel secure because kind, nurturing staff know them very well.
Safeguarding Training: The manager implements a robust recruitment procedure to ensure staff are suitable to work with children, and staff vigilantly carry out risk assessments to ensure hazards are minimized.
Play and Learning Integration: Children are keen and eager learners. They show strong levels of confidence and self-esteem. Staff pace their questions to allow good time for children to think and answer.
Transition to Primary School: Children are supported to develop the skills they need for future learning, including their move to school.
Diversity Management: Staff provide activity bags and books in different languages to support children's individual learning at home.
Child Safety Management: The manager and staff have a secure knowledge and understanding of how to keep children safe through regular safeguarding training.
Children's Safety and Security: Children are safe and feel secure because staff know them very well. Children behave very well and are proud to be a 'special helper' for the day.
Happiness and Settling: Children flourish in the welcoming nursery. They happily leave their parents to play with their friends and explore the environment.
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Ducklings Opportunity Group is a Nursery, Nursery located in Staffordshire, West Midlands.
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All children between the ages of 2 and 5 receive excellent early education from our children's pre-school. We have funded positions open and provide 25 hours for qualified 30 hour funded positions. For kids with special needs to access their early years education, we provide help.
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Holidays & terms
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 | 14th Apr 2025 - 25th Apr 2025 |
| Summer Half Term Holidays | 26th May 2025 - 30th May 2025 |
| Summer Holidays | 22nd 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 - 13th Apr 2025 |
| Summer Term | 26th Apr 2025 - 25th May 2025 |
| Summer Term-2 | 31st May 2025 - 21st Jul 2025 |
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