Greenfield Nursery School

Highlights from Latest Inspection

Summary of key findings for parents and pupils

This is a good school The headteacher's vision to provide a nurturing, inclusive and inspiring environment where children learn to be confident and enjoy learning is clearly evident.

This is a happy and friendly school. Children are eager to come to school. They are excited to join in with the activities planned for them, showing a keen curiosity and interest, especially when tasks are physically demanding.

Staff demonstrate high levels of care and ensure that children are safe. Children are taught to think about dangers, manage risk and understand the importance of good hygiene. Staff show children, through their interactions and role play, right from wrong.<...br/>
Consequently, children know how to behave in a variety of situations. Staff promote moral, social and cultural development well, offering children many opportunities to help and value others, preparing them for life in modern Britain. Children who speak little or no English are looked after particularly well, as are children with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND).

Children's needs are assessed effectively and activities are closely tailored to raise their achievement. As a result, they make strong progress from their varying starting points. Leaders involve parents when using pupil premium funding so that support matches children's needs.

Disadvantaged children make good progress in their acquisition of skills and in their social and emotional development. Leaders and governors have an accurate view of the school's strengths and areas for improvement. There is a strong drive to improve the school with regular review and consideration of best practice.

Intensive staff training and an overhaul of the curriculum and the environment are paying dividends. Children enjoy imaginative activities that enthuse them and are encouraged to explore and discover. Outcomes are sharply rising, the quality of teaching is good and children make good progress in early reading, writing and number.

While there is much investment in training and resources, the delivery of the phonics programme is not yet systematic. There is inconsistency, which hampers children learning to read. Not all staff make the most of conversation to develop children's language.

Governors, including those new to the role, are passionately involved in supporting the school. Similarly, parents are most appreciative of the staff, who go 'above and beyond'.

Information about this school

Greenfield Nursery includes within its provision a pre-school and wraparound provision.

There is a Children's Centre on site with an outside lead agency. The Nursery takes children from two to four years old and is open from 8:00am to 3:30pm, 38 weeks of the year, Monday to Friday. The Nursery children access their free entitlement of 15 hours.

The school has made provision for 30-hour provision for up to 20 families who meet the criteria. Approximately 40% of children speak a language other than English, and 15 different languages are spoken at the Nursery. Some children have little or no English and are supported by adults who speak their native language.

Approximately a third of children are disadvantaged children who are eligible for early years pupil premium funding. A small proportion of children have been identified with SEND. The current headteacher was appointed in September 2017.

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