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Whitchurch CE Primary School Nursery

Ofsted: Outstanding
(May 2024)
·Whitchurch VA School, Whitchurch, Ross-on-wye, HR9 6DA · Herefordshire
Number of places
52 places
Age range
0–4 yrs
Last inspected
May 2024
Local authority
Herefordshire

About this day nursery

Whitchurch CE Primary School Nursery offers a vibrant and nurturing environment where children are encouraged to develop confidence, kindness, and respect. They provide a creative, fun-filled, and enquiry-based curriculum tailored to each child's individual needs, fostering curiosity, independence, and critical thinking through purposeful play, underpinned by a growth mindset ethos.

The nursery team, with extensive experience and qualifications, is dedicated to ensuring children receive the best experiences and highest standards. The nursery benefits from on-site specialist teaching in areas like PE and speech and language therapy, as well as an osteopath.

Being located within the primary school allows for seamless transitions to Reception and access to excellent facilities such as indoor and outdoor classrooms, a woodland area, and a wellbeing cafe. Unique offerings include a Story Telling School, Forest School, and Farm School, along with dedicated woodwork workshops that promote creativity, problem-solving, and a sense of agency.

The nursery emphasises a strong partnership with parents and a commitment to children's holistic development.

Our ethos

The nursery provides a creative, fun-filled, and enquiry-based curriculum fostering curiosity, independence, and critical thinking through purposeful play, underpinned by a growth mindset ethos. They are committed to children's holistic development and offer unique experiences like Forest School and Farm School.

What it's like

Staff create a positive, calm and stimulating learning environment that helps children remain focused, engaged and enthused. Babies explore through sensory play, toddlers bake and learn mathematical language, and older children develop critical thinking through woodworking and problem-solving. This outstanding provision ensures children are well-supported across all age groups.

Forest SchoolFarm SchoolOn-site specialist supportSeamless transition to primary schoolWoodwork workshops

Pricing & funding

Pricing on request

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Key facts

Opening hours

Monday to Friday, 8am until 5.15pm, all year around, except for one week at Christmas.

Age range

Birth to 4 years old

Ofsted Inspection

Ofsted rating for Whitchurch CE Primary School Nursery

Last inspected 3 May 2024

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

Staff create a positive, calm and stimulating learning environment that helps children remain focused, engaged and enthused. Babies explore through sensory play, toddlers bake and learn mathematical language, and older children develop critical thinking through woodworking and problem-solving. This outstanding provision ensures children are well-supported across all age groups.

Inspector highlights

  • Leaders are inspiring, with a clear vision and high ambitions for each child, ensuring all children receive the best support, care and education.
  • Leaders have an in-depth knowledge of the local community they serve, regularly reviewing and adjusting services to consistently meet families' needs.
  • Leaders have designed and implemented an unquestionably ambitious and varied curriculum, sequenced exceptionally well, with high-quality learning experiences that extend children's knowledge and skills.
  • Children consistently hear rich language from staff, building vocabulary through signs, new words, modelling, narrating play, and animated story reading, fostering a love of books.
  • Staff's exceptional knowledge of their key children allows them to identify and plan for any developmental gaps, working with others to enhance progress for children with SEND and provide swift support.
Inspection #10335049 · Source: OfstedView full Ofsted report

What parents say

Verbatim quotes recorded in the Ofsted inspection

Parents are overwhelmed by the amount of support, love and care both they and their children receive.

Inclusion & environment

How they support every child

SEND provision

Staff have a strong understanding of how to meet the needs of children with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND) and offer the right support. Staff's exceptional knowledge of their key children allows them to identify and plan for any gaps in their development. They work in partnership with others to implement strategies to enhance children's progress. This ensures that children with SEND thrive and receive swift support.

Outdoor space

The inspectors observed the quality of education being provided, indoors and outdoors, and assessed the impact that this was having on children's learning. Staff provide children with rich experiences that develop their awareness of the wider world; for example, they take children out in the local community to explore nature and meet other people.

Inspection history

Date: May 2024

  • July 2024Outstanding
  • May 2024Outstanding

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