Archway Nursery School
Hyde Farm, Pimperne, Blandford Forum, Dorset, DT11 8TX
Type of Institution
Nursery
Age group
0-4 years old
Number of places
90 places
Number of staff
Not yet updated
Ofsted Rating
Requires improvement
Summary
- The provision is good Children are settled and content at the nursery and respond happily to the friendly, caring staff.
- Children interact easily with their friends and learn from a young age about sharing with others in their play.
- They readily help staff with practical tasks, such as setting out the glasses, plates and cups for the lunch tables.
- Staff provide a curriculum that gives clear focus to children's interests and helps them make good progress.
- Children develop their understanding of the world effectively.
- For example, toddlers watch a spider crawling up a wall with fascination.
- Pre-school children talk with a visitor about a grass snake and look at the differences between a toad and a frog.
- They talk about creatures that live under the sea and show interest in the hammer head shark and octopus that they see in a book.
- Children use their imaginations wel in their play.
- Pre-school children like to make a pretend meal for their friends and tuck their dol s into a toy highchair.
- Babies become absorbed exploring a cornflour mixture and show delight when finding toy penguins hidden in it.
- Pre-school children like to dig in the outdoor mud pit and find 'dinosaur bones' or 'buried treasure'.
- Toddlers concentrate wel while searching for toy insects and proudly show the 'green grasshopper' that they have found.
- Parents say they feel reassured by the procedures that staff have implemented to keep their children safe following the COVID-19 pandemic.
- Children know the routine of washing their hands on arrival and learn how to cough into their elbow to prevent any germs spreading.
- What does the early years setting do well and what does it need to do better?n The management team supports staff professional development wel .
- Followingtraining, staff use a simple sign language to promote inclusion.
- In addition, staff have raised their awareness of heuristic play, which has helped them encourage children's learning more effectively through exploration and investigation of natural resources.n Staff are consistent in using praise and encouragement effectively to supportchildren's good behaviour.
- Children use good manners readily.
- For example, they politely ask a friend, 'Please could I have that bag?'.n Children develop their physical skil s wel .
- Babies enjoy pushing their ride ontrikes around and playing chase with the staff.
- Toddlers hold staff's hands as they walk carefully across a wooden plank, in and out of a tyre and onto and off a crate.
- They then gain the confidence to attempt this independently.
- Pre-school children show confidence in climbing and moving around a wooded area.
- Children enjoy practising simple yoga movements with staff.n Parents speak highly of staff and the care provided for their child.
- They say staffget to know and support their children's needs very wel and act on any potential developmental issues promptly.
- Staff share information with parents about their children's development.
- However, they do not always liaise effectively with other
Extract from latest Ofsted Report.
Overview
Manager
Not yet updated
Owner
Archway Nursery Ltd.
Provider type
Childcare on Non-Domestic Premises
Provider subtype
Full day care
Local authority
Dorset
Parliamentary Constituency
North Dorset
Education Stages
Year Founded
20/6/2018
Education Provision
Education Stages
Nursery / Early Years
0 - 3 year olds
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