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The Manor Preschool Nursery

Ofsted: Good
(Apr 2024)
·Morton Manor community Centre, Wigton Road, Carlisle, CA2 6JP · Cumberland
Number of places
26 places
Age range
2–4 yrs
Last inspected
Apr 2024
Local authority
Cumberland

About this day nursery

The Manor Preschool Nursery, established in 2016, provides a welcoming and secure environment for children aged 2 to 4 years. Open Monday to Friday, from 9:15 am to 3:45 pm during term-time, the nursery places children's safety, care, and learning at its core.

The dedicated staff, all qualified to at least Level 3 in early years, foster close partnerships with parents and operate an effective key-person system, ensuring every child's needs are thoroughly understood. This approach builds trusting relationships, helping children feel safe and secure, and enabling them to confidently engage in their daily activities.

The nursery's curriculum is thoughtfully designed to promote good development, allowing children to consolidate their learning before moving on, thereby building strong foundations for future educational journeys. Both indoor and outdoor learning opportunities are carefully planned, highlighting the nursery's commitment to a holistic educational experience.

The Manor Preschool Nursery excels in its provision for children with Special Educational Needs and/or Disabilities (SEND), offering excellent support through adjustments such as visual aids and consistent communication methods, ensuring full access to all aspects of the environment, resources, and learning. Children with SEND benefit significantly from this strong practice, quickly becoming effective learners.

The daily routine is carefully considered to maximise uninterrupted and independent play, fostering curiosity, motivation, and excellent attitudes to learning.

What it's like

The ethos of this nursery places children's safety, care and learning at the centre. Close partnerships with parents and an effective key-person system ensure children's needs are well known and understood, creating trusting relationships that help children feel safe and secure. Children confidently bound into nursery on arrival, and staff promote friendships and swiftly resolve minor disagreements with consistent strategies.

Good Ofsted ratingNurturing environmentStrong parent partnershipsExcellent SEND supportEffective curriculumPromotes independence

Pricing & funding

Funding accepted

15 hours — universal (3–4 yrs)

Key facts

Opening hours

Monday to Friday, 9.15am until 3.45pm

Term time / All Year

Term Time

Ofsted Inspection

Ofsted rating for The Manor Preschool Nursery

Last inspected 29 April 2024

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

The ethos of this nursery places children's safety, care and learning at the centre. Close partnerships with parents and an effective key-person system ensure children's needs are well known and understood, creating trusting relationships that help children feel safe and secure. Children confidently bound into nursery on arrival, and staff promote friendships and swiftly resolve minor disagreements with consistent strategies.

Inspector highlights

  • The manager has clear intentions for children's learning, which staff understand and embed, leading to frequent exposure to learning that promotes good development.
  • The curriculum is very well designed to ensure children consolidate their learning before moving on, building secure foundations for all later learning.
  • There is excellent support for children with SEND, with adjustments and visual aids ensuring full access to the environment, resources, and learning opportunities.
  • The manager and staff prioritise establishing strong relationships between children and their key person through daily key-group activities, providing firm foundations for confidence in play, exploration, and learning.
  • The carefully considered daily routine maximises uninterrupted and independent play, fostering excellent attitudes to learning, curiosity, and motivation.

Areas to develop

  • 1sharpen the focus for performance management of staff to provide more in- depth evaluations of practice that better inform plans for improvements
  • 2build on the current programme of professional development, to promote practice and subject knowledge of staff that continually builds and improves.
Inspection #10317114 · Source: OfstedView full Ofsted report

Inclusion & environment

How they support every child

SEND provision

All children, including those with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND), progress well in their learning. There is excellent support for children with SEND. Staff ensure that adjustments are made so that all children can fully access the environment, resources and learning opportunities. For example, staff make use of visual aids that are placed in every part of the environment and consistently apply agreed communication methods. Children with SEND benefit from the strong practice from staff as they quickly become effective learners.

Outdoor space

The inspector observed the quality of education being provided, indoors and outdoors, and assessed the impact that this was having on children's learning.

Inspection history

Date: May 2018

  • April 2024Good
  • May 2018Good

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