Little Jewels Nursery.

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Permalink Reply by Germana on September 17, 2011 at 11:00

I finally managed to read the recent Ofsted report in full. Unless I am missing something I think they get a 3 on safeguarding rather than actually failing (4) on that. It's hard from the report to understand precisely what the problem is, but there is one sentence that may help:

"Although most systems in place help to safeguard children there are some gaps in knowledge and in procedures which can have an impact on safeguarding. This is a breach of requirement." This doesn't sound terribly serious to me, but of course it's worth enquiring about it at the nursery. I'll perhaps have a chat with them when I get a chance, but it doesn't indicate, I think, an obvious existing problem but rather the potential for problems to occur in the future if the staff don't learn more about certain procedures. 

Another criticism is that "The promotion of inclusion and diversity is generally satisfactory; although not prominent in feature at the setting." I think this is a bit unfair, given that there are children from a wide variety of cultural backgrounds there so the environment is very diverse anyway and inclusive by its very own nature.  

Elsewhere the report talks about the fact that at times there may be a lack of challenging activities. I haven't been particularly worried about this as I believe children should have fun and play at this stage. However, to be fair, I have heard other parents who have been happy with the nursery but who said by the time children reach the age of 4 but are not yet in school they are ready for something else. 

 

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Permalink Reply by Phil M on September 21, 2011 at 16:09

My son has been going for a year, and we are very happy with it. The staff are very friendly and take a genuine interest in him. Most of the staff have been there for a long time, so there is good continuity (and, yes, Molly is still there). So, yes, I would recommend it (as I think I did on the previous discussion).

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