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Locking Stumps Pre-School | Ofsted Reports, Reviews (2025)
Locking Stumps Pre-School
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Locking Stumps Pre-School
- Nursery
- Birchwood WA3 7PH
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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 benefit from many opportunities to access fresh air and play outdoors.
Activities: Children are excited and motivated learners, using magnifying glasses and binoculars to hunt for bugs and proudly sharing their findings.
Skills , Knowledge and Behavior: Staff teach children how to use different bikes and encourage problem-solving skills.
Communication: Staff provide lots of feedback to parents regarding their children's learning.
Community Building: Parents describe the nursery as 'fantastic', feeling supported to extend their children's development at home.
Programs and Resources: The committed SENCo works effectively with staff to identify when children may benefit from extra help in their learning.
Staff Training: Leaders prioritise children's communication and language development. Staff engage children in two-way conversations linking to their interests.
Welcoming and Professional Staff: Staff are skilled at supporting children to manage their emotions, forming strong bonds with them.
Safeguarding Training: Staff receive frequent safeguarding training with an understanding of signs of abuse and appropriate procedures.
Play and Learning Integration: Staff support children's early literacy skills well through enthusiastic reading using puppets and props.
Transition to Primary School: Children have formed friendships with other children and have made good progress since starting at the nursery, particularly with their social skills.
Diversity Management: Staff work with parents of children who speak English as an additional language to create books with recordings of children's home languages.
Child Safety Management: Leaders have robust recruitment systems in place to ensure that staff are suitable.
Children's Safety and Security: Children settle quickly and are secure at this small, inclusive setting.
Happiness and Settling: Children look happy and settled, forming strong bonds with staff and each other.
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Locking Stumps Pre-School is a Nursery, Nursery located in Cheshire, North West.
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Through the curriculum, extracurricular activities, and school values, we support these principles.
Children are taught to respect one another, cooperate and collaborate, be supportive, look for similarities while being understanding of differences through our school's principles, PSHE, and inclusive ethos.
Children gain knowledge of and respect for people of different races, religions, and abilities through our rigorous RE curriculum.
Our community can comment on the work and accomplishments of other kids through our Twitter account.
Children have the freedom to practise their religion and to think and believe anything they wish, as long as they do not interfere with the rights of others, according to UN CRC Article 14.
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Children are taught to respect one another, cooperate and collaborate, be supportive, look for similarities while being understanding of differences through our school's principles, PSHE, and inclusive ethos.
Children gain knowledge of and respect for people of different races, religions, and abilities through our rigorous RE curriculum.
Our community can comment on the work and accomplishments of other kids through our Twitter account.
Children have the freedom to practise their religion and to think and believe anything they wish, as long as they do not interfere with the rights of others, according to UN CRC Article 14.
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Holidays & terms
Holidays 2024/25
| Holidays | Date |
|---|---|
| Autumn Half Term Holidays | 21st Oct 2024 - 25th Oct 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 | 3rd Sep 2024 - 20th Oct 2024 |
| Autumn Term-2 | 26th Oct 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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