Ofsted

Introduction to Ofsted

Ofsted is the Office for Standards in Education, Children’s Services and Skills. It reports directly to Parliament and is independent and impartial. Ofsted inspects and regulates services which care for children and young people from 0-18 years of age. All nurseries/preschools have to be registered and approved by Ofsted before they can begin to look after children.

Even though Ofsted inspects only once in every four year cycle, having a well-respected Ofsted rating is part of how we demonstrate our commitment to high standards. The preschool’s Ofsted reports are available online at www.ofsted.gov.uk, as is the report for every child-minder, school, nursery, and playgroup in the country.

Ofsted has 4 inspection ratings (1) outstanding (2) good (3) requires improvement (4) inadequate. Whilst the ratings have largely remained the same, the categories by which each setting is judged have changed along with successive amendments to the Early Years Foundation Stage.

2003

This was our first inspection when we opened in 2003. We were very pleased with the inspection findings, which gave us a great foundation from which to build our reputation.

Ofsted Inspection 2019 (Latest)

Whilst we were very pleased to once again achieve an excellent report, we were nonetheless disappointed to have narrowly missed being outstanding in all areas:

Ofsted ratings for 2008/2010/2015 and 2019:

Quality and Standards of Provision - Good

Effectiveness of Leadership & Management - Good

Quality of Leaning, Teaching & Assessment - Good

Personal development, behaviour & welfare - Good

Outcome for Children - Good

Please find below our most recent inspection report.

https://files.ofsted.gov.uk/v1/file/50082052

A guide for parents on how early years settings are inspected - https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/guides-for-parents-how-early-years-settings-are-inspected/how-ofsted-inspects-nurseries-and-other-types-of-daycare