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Acacia Nursery
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Acacia Nursery
- Nursery
- Waltham Forest E11 3HF
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Outstanding
| The quality of education | Outstanding |
| Behaviour and attitudes | Outstanding |
| Personal development | Outstanding |
| Leadership and management | Outstanding |
| Previous inspection grade | Good |
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Indoor and Outdoor Facilities: Children thoroughly enjoy learning about different foods and herbs, smelling, feeling, and tasting the ingredients as they go. They especially like being able to use the firepit to cook the vegetables they grow.
Activities: Leaders have created a curriculum that is highly structured and highly ambitious. Children’s learning is enriched through visits to galleries and museums.
Skills , Knowledge and Behavior: Staff make sure that all children receive the support and guidance they need to thrive and grow in confidence in all areas of learning.
Communication: Parents and carers of children with SEND were especially complimentary about the work of staff and leaders. They appreciate how the nursery ensures that all children are fully engaged in learning.
Programs and Resources: Staff make sure that all children, including those with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND), receive the support and guidance they need to thrive.
Staff Training: Leaders have ensured that staff have the training and knowledge they need to be experts in promoting children’s development in all areas of learning.
Welcoming and Professional Staff: Children adore coming to this nursery. They eagerly greet staff each morning and are excited for the day ahead.
Safeguarding Training: Staff are well trained and are confident in the support that they receive from leaders on keeping children safe.
Play and Learning Integration: Staff skilfully support children’s growing vocabulary, for example by talking to children about the parts of the plant, and pointing out the leaves, stems and roots. Children thoroughly enjoy learning about different foods and herbs.
Transition to Primary School: Focused, daily sessions lay the foundations children need for early reading, including recognizing and remembering the sounds that they hear in words.
Child Safety Management: There is a strong culture of safeguarding in the school. Leaders and staff know children and their families well and have built strong relationships.
Children's Safety and Security: The curriculum teaches children about keeping safe. Children learn about where they can go for help.
Teaching Personal Safety: Staff know how to identify and report any worries. Leaders follow up on any concerns quickly. They work effectively and sensitively with external agencies and parents when required.
Happiness and Settling: Children adore coming to this nursery. They eagerly greet staff each morning and are excited for the day ahead.
Nutritional Menu: Children wait patiently for their lunch in the ‘restaurant’ during shared mealtimes. The needs of all children, including the two-year-olds and those with SEND, are well understood. Staff support them sensitively, helping them to grow in independence.
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About Us
Acacia Nursery is a Nursery, Co-Ed Nursery located in Greater London, London.
This nursery accepts children from 2-5 years old.
Currently, the nursery has 122 students enrolled.
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At Acacia Nursery School we aim to provide an inclusive curriculum, which celebrates the social and cultural diversity of our school. We have high expectations for our children academically and take equal care to develop their all-round abilities and personal confidence through a rich and exciting curriculum and a wide range of sporting and creative activities.
Parents and carers are an integral part of our school community and we strive to work with them to make positive contributions to our local community.
We are proud of our long history and this continues to provide inspiration for us and sits alongside our absolute commitment to provide the best for our community.
The 5Cs
Acacia Nursery School promotes an ethos that encourages positive behaviour management, strongly rooted in the 5Cs.
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Parents and carers are an integral part of our school community and we strive to work with them to make positive contributions to our local community.
We are proud of our long history and this continues to provide inspiration for us and sits alongside our absolute commitment to provide the best for our community.
The 5Cs
Acacia Nursery School promotes an ethos that encourages positive behaviour management, strongly rooted in the 5Cs.
Care
Courtesy
Commitment
Consideration
Co-operation
Admission
Holidays & terms
Holidays 2024/25
| Holidays | Date |
|---|---|
| Autumn Half Term Holidays | 21st Oct 2024 - 25th Oct 2024 |
| Winter Holidays | 20th Dec 2024 - 3rd Jan 2025 |
| Spring Half Term Holidays | 17th Feb 2025 - 21st Feb 2025 |
| Spring Holidays | 7th Apr 2025 - 21st Apr 2025 |
| Summer Half Term Holidays | 26th May 2025 - 30th May 2025 |
| Summer Holidays | 24th Jul 2025 - 29th Aug 2025 |
Terms Dates 2024/25
| Terms | Dates |
|---|---|
| Autumn Term | 2nd Sep 2024 - 20th Oct 2024 |
| Autumn Term-2 | 26th Oct 2024 - 19th Dec 2024 |
| Spring Term | 4th Jan 2025 - 16th Feb 2025 |
| Spring Term-2 | 22nd Feb 2025 - 6th Apr 2025 |
| Summer Term | 22nd Apr 2025 - 25th May 2025 |
| Summer Term-2 | 31st May 2025 - 23rd Jul 2025 |
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