Tudhoe Moor Nursery School, Spennymoor

What is it like to attend this school?

The school provides children with a safe, nurturing environment in which to begin their education. Building positive relationships is central to school life. Parents and carers appreciate the effort that the school makes to get to know both them and their children. Children are happy and confident in the setting. They are inquisitive and eager to learn.

The school has established clear routines and expectations. Consequently, the setting is calm and children behave well. Children are kind to each other. They show high levels of respect for their peers, adults and the resources that are available to them. The school has high ambition for all children. It strives to establish good attendance habits so that children are prepared well for the transition to primary school. A wealth of support is available to families, including from external agencies where needed.

What does the school do well and what does it need to do better?

The school has developed an ambitious curriculum for all areas of learning. The curriculum is logically sequenced and progressive. Since the last inspection, the school has begun to admit two-year-old children. Leaders have created a curriculum for this provision that aligns with the existing offer to older children. They are now embedding and refining this curriculum.

For all areas of learning, leaders have identified goals that children need to reach as they move through the school. However, sometimes the small steps of learning that children need to take to reach these goals are not clear. This means that, on occasion, staff give children activities that do not support them to reach their next goal. It also means that some of the interactions between adults and children are not precise enough. They do not consistently impact on children's learning or language development.

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