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St. Peter's Pre-School, Stafford

Ofsted: Good
(Jul 2023)
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4.5(8 Google reviews) ·Rising Brook High School, Rising Brook, STAFFORD, ST17 9DH · Staffordshire
Number of places
51 places
Age range
0–4 yrs
Last inspected
Jul 2023
Local authority
Staffordshire

About this early years setting

St. Peter's Pre-School in Stafford, registered with Ofsted in 2004, provides a nurturing and stimulating environment for children aged 0 to 4. As a "Childcare on non-domestic premises" setting, it ensures close bonds between staff and children, fostering a sense of security and happiness.

The pre-school excels in promoting physical development, utilising both spacious indoor and outdoor areas. Babies confidently explore and build muscle strength, while older children enjoy a variety of equipment to increase their heart rates.

Staff maintain high expectations for children's behaviour and attitudes, teaching them rules and boundaries effectively, which helps children, including pre-schoolers, understand sharing and turn-taking. This focus on personal development helps all children make good progress and acquire essential skills for school readiness.

With 12 dedicated childcare staff, the setting provides funded early education for two-, three-, and four-year-olds and operates all year round, Monday to Friday, from 8am until 6pm. The setting maintains strong parent partnerships, keeping parents informed about their children's progress and offering support for learning at home.

What it's like

Staff provide children with friendly, nurturing interactions, helping babies and children form close bonds and feel safe and happy. Staff organise the learning environment well, with a strong focus on children's physical development, utilising spacious indoor and outdoor areas. They have high expectations for children and help them understand rules and boundaries, ensuring all children make good progress and gain skills for school readiness.

Nurturing interactionsPhysical development focusStrong parent partnershipsSchool readiness skillsEffective safeguarding

Key facts

Opening hours

Monday to Friday, all year round. Sessions are from 8am until 6pm.

Term time / All Year

All_year

Registered with Ofsted

2004

Ofsted Inspection

Ofsted rating for St. Peter's Pre-School, Stafford

Last inspected 27 July 2023

Overall effectiveness
Good

What it's like to attend

Staff provide children with friendly, nurturing interactions, helping babies and children form close bonds and feel safe and happy. Staff organise the learning environment well, with a strong focus on children's physical development, utilising spacious indoor and outdoor areas. They have high expectations for children and help them understand rules and boundaries, ensuring all children make good progress and gain skills for school readiness.

Inspector highlights

  • Staff provide children with friendly, nurturing interactions, helping babies and children form close bonds and feel safe and happy.
  • Staff skillfully organise the learning environment to motivate children to play and explore, with a strong focus on physical development in well-resourced indoor and outdoor spaces.
  • Staff have high expectations for children, teaching them rules and boundaries, and helping all children make good progress and gain skills for school readiness.
  • The manager and staff have successfully improved the quality of education, with staff benefiting from professional development opportunities.
  • The manager has developed a curriculum that meets children's needs, clearly identifying the sequence of knowledge and skills for babies and younger children.
  • Overall teaching is good across the pre-school, with the manager monitoring staff practice.
  • Parent partnerships are good, with parents pleased by their children's progress and the support provided by staff.
  • The manager and staff have a secure understanding of their safeguarding responsibilities to keep children safe, including thorough risk assessments and knowledge of how to report concerns.
  • Children learn about healthy practices like handwashing and enjoy nutritious meals and snacks.
  • Babies thoroughly enjoy developing their understanding of the world through a range of sensory materials, and pre-school children engage in imaginative play based on familiar stories.

Areas to develop

  • 1Extend the monitoring of staff practice to identify where they need further support to enhance their teaching.
  • 2Refine the curriculum for older children so this identifies fully how to help children to build on what they already know and can do.
Inspection #10261886 · Source: OfstedView full Ofsted report

Inclusion & environment

How they support every child

SEND provision

The special educational needs coordinator liaises with outside agencies to ensure children with special educational needs and/or disabilities receive the support they need to progress well.

Outdoor space

Children benefit from large, well-resourced outdoor spaces, with a wide range of equipment to travel around the playground, promoting physical development and increasing heart rates.

Google Reviews of St. Peter's Pre-School, Stafford

4.5
(8 Google reviews)
Jessica Wilde
6 months ago

Great nursery, staff are all lovely and our son enjoys his time here. Very attentive and accommodating, with detailed updates on the app, would recommend.

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Ratna Choudhary
8 years ago

My son is 2.5 year old and he started going to nursery when he was 18 month old. He loves going there. Staff is very kind and supportive. I am happy that I chose this nursery for him. I found that other parents I met have the same feeling.

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George Locke
3 years ago

My son attended this nursery for 6 weeks befor he was kicked out because he had scratched another child. It was not brought to my attention. I find it absolutely disgusting that they can just kick children out without any attempt to address the situation. Being a nursery you would exspect them to know how to deal with a situation like this but being understaffed an run by unqualified people instead of solving the problem they have just kicked out the child. I am discussed with the actions of this nursery. Turns out that my son has some difficulties but instead of helping him they pushed him out an washed there hands of him. Yet flash lee nursery have done everything in there power to help my son and i Highley recommend flash lee to any1 looking for a 5 star nursery.

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Linda Deakin
10 years ago

can't get much better than friendly staff, lots of activities for a variety of aged children to keep them well entertained and stimulated, and above all excellent care provided. The staff here truly have gone above and beyond in more than one occasion to ensure our experience was/is always a good one. highly recommended.

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Sarah Drain
6 years ago

Best nursery ever!!! Staff are all amazing. So glad my babies went there xxx

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Inspection history
Improved from Requires improvement → Good in 2023

Date: October 2008

  • July 2023Good
  • October 2022Requires improvement
  • October 2016Good
  • April 2013Good
  • October 2008Good

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