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St Michael's Pre-School | Ofsted Reports, Reviews (2025)
St Michael's Pre-School
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St Michael's Pre-School
- Nursery
- Watford WD25 0NE
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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 | Inadequate |
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Diverse Books and Toys: Children independently access books and develop a love of reading. They confidently show their favourite books to adults and help retell the story or explore the pages.
Indoor and Outdoor Facilities: Children all settle very well and show that they feel happy and secure in the inviting pre-school.
Activities: Children explore a broad range of activities that covers all areas of learning, and they access much of the provision independently.
Skills , Knowledge and Behavior: Staff support children closely to help them to make good progress and to build on what they already know and can do.
Communication: Parents are enthusiastic about the care and education their children receive. They particularly enjoy the progress that their children have made in their personal, social and emotional development and communication and language.
Community Building: Staff regularly speak to parents to ensure that they have relevant information about children. Staff report that they feel well supported by managers.
Programs and Resources: Staff work closely with any other professionals involved in children's lives to meet children's needs.
Staff Training: All staff are clear about the signs and symptoms of potential abuse and neglect and regularly discuss and refer any concerns they may have.
Welcoming and Professional Staff: Staff understand their roles and responsibilities and benefit from a wide range of training that helps them to do their job well.
Safeguarding Training: Leaders and staff have made significant improvements in their understanding and awareness of the signs and symptoms of potential abuse.
Play and Learning Integration: They readily use pens and other materials to make marks on boards, paper and to trace shapes in the tray of rice.
Diversity Management: Children's communication skills are particularly well catered for, including for those children who speak English as an additional language.
Transition to Primary School: Changes to the transition arrangements for children at lunchtime do not equally support all children of different ages.
Child Safety Management: There is a strong focus on keeping children safe.
Children's Safety and Security: Children all settle very well and show that they feel happy and secure in the inviting pre-school.
Teaching Personal Safety: They speak to staff and their friends about the marks they have made.
Happiness and Settling: Children all settle very well and show that they feel happy and secure in the inviting pre-school.
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St Michael's Pre-School is a Nursery, Nursery located in Hertfordshire, East of England.
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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 - 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 - 23rd Jul 2025 |
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