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Longscroft Children's Nursery School

Ofsted: Good
(Sept 2022)
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5.0(2 parent reviews) ·Longscroft Children's Nursery School, Trowle, TROWBRIDGE, BA14 9BL · Wiltshire
Number of places
105 places
Age range
0–4 yrs
Last inspected
Sept 2022
Local authority
Wiltshire

About this day nursery

Longscroft Children's Nursery School, established in 1991, provides a nurturing and stimulating environment for children aged 3 months to 5 years. Located on the outskirts of Trowbridge and Bradford on Avon, the nursery boasts a rural setting with extensive outdoor spaces, including individual gardens for each age group, a large communal playground, a grassed area with a wooden play trail, rabbits, an allotment, and a mud kitchen.

The nursery emphasises outdoor play in all weather conditions. Longscroft operates from purpose-built rooms, each with age-appropriate outdoor play areas, ensuring a secure and engaging environment for every child.

Security keypads control access to all rooms and outdoor areas. The nursery focuses on personalised learning journeys through indoor and outdoor exploration, guided by the Development Matters framework.

They offer a full range of home-cooked meals and healthy snacks prepared daily in an on-site kitchen. The nursery fosters strong partnerships with parents, involving them in their child's journey through key worker interactions and daily journals.

Longscroft aims to support children's holistic development, including personal, social, educational, literacy, mathematics, arts and crafts, and physical education, with activities tailored to individual needs and stages of development.

Our ethos

Longscroft Children's Nursery School emphasises outdoor play in all weather conditions and supports children's holistic development through indoor and outdoor exploration, guided by the Development Matters framework. They focus on personalised learning journeys tailored to individual needs and stages of development.

What it's like

Children arrive happily and settle quickly, forming warm relationships with staff and feeling safe in their care. They are keen to participate in activities, make choices, and enjoy exploring. Children behave well, understanding and following rules like "kind hands".

Rural settingExtensive outdoor play areasHome-cooked mealsPersonalised learning

Pricing & funding

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Key facts

Opening hours

Monday to Friday, 7.30 am to 6 pm (5pm Friday), all year round

Food

Full range of home-cooked meals and healthy snacks, prepared daily on-site

Age range

3 months to 5 years

Term time / All Year

All Year

Ofsted Inspection

Ofsted rating for Longscroft Children's Nursery School

Last inspected 22 September 2022

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

What it's like to attend

Children arrive happily and settle quickly, forming warm relationships with staff and feeling safe in their care. They are keen to participate in activities, make choices, and enjoy exploring. Children behave well, understanding and following rules like "kind hands".

Inspector highlights

  • Staff know children well and understand their learning needs, using parent information to establish starting points and assess progress.
  • Children develop good communication skills through varied staff strategies, including visual aids, song bags, puppets, and small-group work for those with delayed speech and language.
  • Children play happily together, showing respect and care, learning to share and take turns, and following instructions.
  • Partnerships with parents are strong, with staff frequently sharing information and encouraging parent involvement in their children's learning.
  • There is a strong culture of reflection at the nursery, with leaders and staff continually evaluating provision to make adaptations and improvements.

Areas to develop

  • 1develop teaching practice further to ensure that all staff consistently take every opportunity to extend children's learning, with particular regard to introducing new vocabulary and encouraging them to use good manners
  • 2ensure that routine activities are well prepared to avoid delays and enable staff to spend more focused time with the children.
Inspection #10235662 · Source: OfstedView full Ofsted report

Inclusion & environment

How they support every child

SEND provision

Staff have high expectations for all children and adapt learning opportunities to help all children, including those who need extra help, make good progress. They carefully identify any gaps or delays in children's learning and promptly implement effective strategies to help them catch up, working closely with other professionals to ensure children get any extra support they need. Staff provide effective support for those whose speech and language are delayed, including using visual aids, song bags, puppets and small-group work.

Outdoor space

The nursery provides a well-resourced learning environment indoors and each room has a dedicated outdoor play area which children enjoy using. Babies wear all-weather suits so that they can crawl around even when the grass is wet. Children of all ages have been involved in growing pumpkins for Halloween in their allotment.

Parent Reviews of Longscroft Children's Nursery School

5.0
(2)
Philip Jackson
11 years ago

An extremely well run, fun and friendly nursery for all age groups. Our kids love it here

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Inspection history

Date: July 2012

  • September 2022Good
  • October 2016Good
  • November 2012Good
  • July 2012Outstanding

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