Clervaux Nursery School, Jarrow
Data last updated 11 Sept 2026
Key Information
DfE GIASOfsted Rating
Ofsted · 3 years agoOverall
Ofsted Insights
What This School Does Well
Clervaux excels at helping every child progress and thrive. Staff create a nurturing environment where children develop strong learning habits, with particularly impressive results in mathematics and early years outcomes. Parents are fully involved in their child's development through regular workshops and learning activities, and children gain real-world skills like road safety and adventurous outdoor learning that they use at home.
Key Strengths
- Children make excellent progress across all areas of learning, with outcomes better than national averages by Reception Year
- Teaching is strong with staff using skilful questioning, modelling language, and enabling children to think critically
- Children behave exceptionally well, concentrate, listen and are engaged throughout the day
- Safeguarding is thorough with rigorous monitoring, swift responses to concerns, and excellent staff training
- Leadership is dynamic and effective, with astute observation of teaching and high expectations for continuous improvement
Areas for Improvement
- Enhance and embed the newly established pastoral care role further into the life of the nursery
- Develop parental and community engagement beyond current partnerships with local businesses
Safeguarding
Safeguarding is effective with thorough staff training on identifying signs of domestic abuse, rigorous monitoring of concerns, swift responses to issues, and exceptional teaching of safety skills to children.
Extracurricular Activities
Outdoor learning, arts studio, peer massage, fire-lighting activities, tree-climbing, road safety skills, parent workshops, stay and play activities
Clervaux Nursery School continues to be outstanding. The leadership team has maintained excellent quality of education with particular developments in outdoor learning, curriculum depth, and staff development since the last inspection.
At a Glance
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Free School Meals
No
Boarding
Yes
Nursery
No
Sixth Form
SLCN - Speech, language and Communication, ASD - Autistic Spectrum Disorder, SEMH - Social, Emotional and Mental Health, PD - Physical Disability
SEN Provision
No
Special Measures
Class Sizes
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Avg class size
0
Total classes
2024/25 academic year
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Capacity & Demand
Area Demand Pressure - Jarrow
Based on MHCLG housing supply data for Jarrow
Admissions Demand - South Tyneside
Places available
1,804
Applications
1,577
Got 1st preference
89.8%
Got preferred school
96.3%
Secondary admissions across South Tyneside (2025/26)
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