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St Mark's Pre-School | Ofsted Reports, Fees, Reviews (2025)
St Mark's Pre-School
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St Mark's Pre-School
- Nursery
- St. Helens WA10 2TZ
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Outstanding
| The quality of education | Outstanding |
| Behaviour and attitudes | Outstanding |
| Personal development | Outstanding |
| Leadership and management | Outstanding |
| Overall effectiveness at previous inspection | Not Applicable |
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Indoor and Outdoor Facilities: Managers and staff demonstrate excellent knowledge and understanding of their responsibility to protect children and help them learn how to stay safe. They closely follow advice from local child protection agencies when signs of possible abuse are identified. New employees follow a detailed induction programme. They know what to do if they are concerned about a child's welfare. Children eagerly volunteer to help staff to check for hazards before outdoor play. They quickly spot that the gate needs closing to keep everyone safe. They know that they must tell an adult if anything is broken. This helps children learn to think ahead about health and safety matters.
Activities: Staff plan activities that target children's communication skills really precisely. Children learn that rockets and giraffes are tall. Staff seamlessly add concepts such as 'taller' and 'tallest' into the engaging play and conversation. Children learn vocabulary in a way that deepens their understanding and enriches their experience.
Skills , Knowledge and Behavior: Children demonstrate an unmistakable sense of purpose when they arrive at the pre-school. They are greeted by managers and staff who are also looking forward to the day's events. This helps children to start the day ready for both new and familiar adventures.
Communication: Parents and carers feel highly valued and supported by the pre-school team. This helps to motivate parents' active participation in pre-school events. As a result, children benefit from strong and effective partnerships between home and the setting. When COVID-19 requirements prevented children from attending pre-school, staff kept in close touch with families. Their individually tailored support ranged from delivering toys to helping families establish consistent routines for the long days at home. This helped everyone to work together really well to continue children's learning.
Community Building: Staff suggest practical and interesting ideas for family activities. Parents take home paper bags and help children to collect evidence of autumnal changes to bring to pre-school. They learn that enjoyable, everyday activities are also wonderful learning experiences. Parents say that 'pre-school activities create a lasting impression on not only the children but parents and carers too'.
Programs and Resources: Staff act swiftly and effectively to support children whose development gives cause for concern. Children who have SEND benefit from the pre-school's close partnership with external professionals. Staff carefully dovetail children's individual learning programmes into planned and spontaneous teaching.
Welcoming and Professional Staff: They are greeted by managers and staff who are also looking forward to the day's events. This helps children to start the day ready for both new and familiar adventures.
Safeguarding Training: New employees follow a detailed induction programme. They know what to do if they are concerned about a child's welfare.
Play and Learning Integration: The provision is outstanding Children demonstrate an unmistakable sense of purpose when they arrive at the pre-school. They are greeted by managers and staff who are also looking forward to the day's events. This helps children to start the day ready for both new and familiar adventures. Children enter a world that is born out of staff's expert knowledge of how children learn. They know, for example, that the baby dolls will be in the role-play area, waiting to be looked after. They know that the day will follow a predictable pattern, interspersed with surprises and new learning. They know the staff's high expectations for their positive behavior and strive hard to meet them, even when this is challenging. All children, including children who speak English as an additional language and children who have special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND), make excellent progress and feel extremely secure.
Transition to Primary School: Staff expertly apply their knowledge of child development to sequencing children's learning. Younger children develop dexterity and finger strength when they knead dough and operate litter pickers. They learn words to describe movement and direction. Older children bring this learning together when they begin to form written letters correctly and smoothly.
Diversity Management: When children speak English as an additional language, managers invite parents to read stories in their home languages to the group. This fascinates the children and they learn more about the wider world. Staff learn to say words in children's home languages. Their determined quest for new knowledge makes staff excellent role models for the children.
Child Safety Management: Children eagerly volunteer to help staff to check for hazards before outdoor play. They quickly spot that the gate needs closing to keep everyone safe. They know that they must tell an adult if anything is broken. This helps children learn to think ahead about health and safety matters.
Teaching Personal Safety: Staff explain their thinking and actions clearly to children. For example, staff go to wash their hands before handling children's toothbrushes. They tell children that this is because they do not want to pass germs on. This deliberate modeling of hygiene routines helps to embed healthy habits. Children also learn to confidently explain the reasons for their actions.
Happiness and Settling: They are greeted by managers and staff who are also looking forward to the day's events. This helps children to start the day ready for both new and familiar adventures.
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St Mark's Pre-School is a Nursery, Nursery located in Merseyside, North West.
This nursery accepts children from 2-5 years old.
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St. Mark Pre-school, which started classes in September 2018, is an AMAZING preschool!
We provide cost-effective care and instruction of the highest calibre.
Here at St. Mark's we pride ourselves on providing all children with a caring, safe and stimulating environment, and experienced, caring staff who will help your child learn and grow each day.
We take children from age two to five years old.
Have a look at the 'Meet the Team' page to find out more about us!
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Our aim at St. Mark's Pre-school is to support your child and prepare them on their journey to school.
We do this by making their experiences at St. Mark's Pre-school as fun and educational as possible!
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Here at St. Mark's Pre-school we understand and value the importance of parental involvement within a child's learning and development at pre-school.
Therefore, we like to invite parents in to the setting as much as we can!
We hold monthly stay and play sessions, where parents and relatives can come and play with your child, have a chat to your child's key person, and join in some of the activities we provide at St. Mark's!
This is a great opportunity for you to speak to your child's key person and understand more about your child's development.
Therefore, we have an open door policy where you can come have a look around the Pre-school anytime!
If you feel our Pre-school is the right choice for you and your child then we will be happy to complete a registration form with you!
We can also support you in applying for funding if you are eligible.
We then provide a minimum of 3 one hour settling in sessions before your child starts with us to make sure your child is settled before leaping in to daily sessions.
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We provide cost-effective care and instruction of the highest calibre.
Here at St. Mark's we pride ourselves on providing all children with a caring, safe and stimulating environment, and experienced, caring staff who will help your child learn and grow each day.
We take children from age two to five years old.
Have a look at the 'Meet the Team' page to find out more about us!
.
Our aim at St. Mark's Pre-school is to support your child and prepare them on their journey to school.
We do this by making their experiences at St. Mark's Pre-school as fun and educational as possible!
.
Here at St. Mark's Pre-school we understand and value the importance of parental involvement within a child's learning and development at pre-school.
Therefore, we like to invite parents in to the setting as much as we can!
We hold monthly stay and play sessions, where parents and relatives can come and play with your child, have a chat to your child's key person, and join in some of the activities we provide at St. Mark's!
This is a great opportunity for you to speak to your child's key person and understand more about your child's development.
Therefore, we have an open door policy where you can come have a look around the Pre-school anytime!
If you feel our Pre-school is the right choice for you and your child then we will be happy to complete a registration form with you!
We can also support you in applying for funding if you are eligible.
We then provide a minimum of 3 one hour settling in sessions before your child starts with us to make sure your child is settled before leaping in to daily sessions.
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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 | 7th Apr 2025 - 21st Apr 2025 |
| Summer Half Term Holidays | 26th May 2025 - 30th May 2025 |
| Summer Holidays | 23rd Jul 2025 - 2nd Sep 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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