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Holmer Pre-School

Ofsted: Outstanding
(Mar 2024)
·Holmer Church of England Academy, Holmer Road, HEREFORD, HR4 9RX · Herefordshire
Number of places
35 places
Age range
2–5 yrs
Last inspected
Mar 2024
Local authority
Herefordshire

About this day nursery

Holmer CofE Academy is an educational institution dedicated to fostering an inspiring and stimulating learning environment for its students. The academy prides itself on a rich and varied curriculum designed to spark curiosity and deepen understanding across all subjects.

The teaching staff are highly skilled and passionate, committed to challenging, supporting, and empowering every child to achieve their full potential. This comprehensive approach ensures that students are exceptionally well-prepared for the subsequent stages of their academic journey as they transition from Year 6.

The academy also emphasises strong Christian values, incorporating them into daily worship and community engagement, promoting qualities such as courage and spirituality. Holmer CofE Academy strives to create responsible learners who are equipped to contribute positively to the world.

Our ethos

Holmer CofE Academy is dedicated to fostering an inspiring and stimulating learning environment, with a rich and varied curriculum designed to spark curiosity. Teaching staff are committed to challenging, supporting, and empowering every child to achieve their full potential. The academy emphasises strong Christian values, promoting qualities such as courage and spirituality, and strives to create responsible learners equipped to contribute positively to the world.

What it's like

Children are extremely happy and thoroughly enjoy their time at this welcoming and friendly pre-school. Staff provide them with an exceptional range of interesting toys and resources, leading to excellent progress from their starting points. The carefully organised learning environment supports children to be highly confident and achieve excellent levels of independence.

Christian ValuesEngaging CurriculumHighly Skilled Teachers

Pricing & funding

Pricing on request

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Key facts

Opening hours

Monday to Friday from 8am until 5.30pm

Term time / All Year

Term Time

Ofsted Inspection

Ofsted rating for Holmer Pre-School

Last inspected 14 March 2024 · Tina Smith

Safeguarding effective
Overall effectiveness
Outstanding
Quality of education
Outstanding
Behaviour and attitudes
Outstanding
Personal development
Outstanding
Leadership and management
Outstanding

What it's like to attend

Children are extremely happy and thoroughly enjoy their time at this welcoming and friendly pre-school. Staff provide them with an exceptional range of interesting toys and resources, leading to excellent progress from their starting points. The carefully organised learning environment supports children to be highly confident and achieve excellent levels of independence.

Inspector highlights

  • Children are extremely happy and thoroughly enjoy their time.
  • Staff provide an exceptional range of interesting toys and resources.
  • Children make excellent progress from their starting points.
  • Staffs outstanding practice and carefully organised learning environment support children to be highly confident and achieve excellent levels of independence.
  • The dedicated manager works alongside her well retained staff team on a daily basis, and staff morale is extremely high.

Areas to develop

  • 1To expand the provision for two-year olds to further meet the needs of their community.
Inspection #EY356893 · Source: OfstedView full Ofsted report

What parents say

Verbatim quotes recorded in the Ofsted inspection

Parents are extremely happy with the care and education children receive at the pre-school.

They state their children are very happy and settle really well.

Parents comment on the high levels of progress children make and how the kind and nurturing staff know their children so well.

Inclusion & environment

How they support every child

SEND provision

Staff clearly identify children's current stage of development and provide them with targeted play activities to enhance and support their future learning. Children receive prompt, targeted early help because staff work well with other professionals, including their own contracted speech and language therapist, who attends weekly to support staff to close any gaps in children's communication and language development.

Outdoor space

Children excitedly play outside in the fresh air. They are eager to chase their friends and follow staffs instructions as they play team games, such as follow the leader. Young children climb and balance on small logs, which helps them to develop their core strength.

Inspection history
  • March 2024Outstanding
  • May 2018Outstanding
  • November 2014Good

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