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Clowns Childrens Centre | Ofsted Reports, Reviews (2025)
Clowns Childrens Centre
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Clowns Childrens Centre
- Nursery
- Ironville NG16 5NN
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| The quality of education | Good |
| Behaviour and attitudes | Good |
| Personal development | Good |
| Leadership and management | Good |
| Overall effectiveness at previous inspection | Good |
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Indoor and Outdoor Facilities: Staff help children to explore the outdoor area. Children develop their large-muscle skills as they propel themselves forwards on trikes and clamber up tyres.
Activities: Children use their senses to explore as they scoop up sand and push it into moulds.
Skills , Knowledge and Behavior: Children sit together in harmony as staff help them to develop their listening skills while reading a story.
Communication: Parents are highly complimentary about the 'supportive and professional' staff team. They say that the team provides daily information about what their children are learning.
Community Building: Parents comment that the manager supports families well and that the nursery feels like an 'extended family'.
Programs and Resources: The manager recognises when children require additional support. They work closely with outside agencies and swiftly ensure that early intervention is sought where needed.
Staff Training: The special educational needs coordinator spoke to the inspector about how they support children with special educational needs and/or disabilities.
Welcoming and Professional Staff: Staff warmly welcome children into the safe and stimulating setting. Children enter with confidence, quickly settle, and find their favourite activities.
Safeguarding Training: The experienced manager ensures that staff receive regular training to support their knowledge on how to protect children in their care.
Play and Learning Integration: Children use imaginative play in the role-play kitchen. They select food items, confidently naming them as they exclaim, 'Here's your dinner'.
Transition to Primary School: The arrangements to support children as they transition to school are smooth. The manager and her staff liaise with the schools and facilitate regular visits from teachers to the setting.
Child Safety Management: The environment is safe and is risk assessed daily to help manage any potential hazards.
Children's Safety and Security: Staff are confident in their knowledge of how to spot signs and symptoms that could indicate abuse.
Happiness and Settling: Children enter with confidence, quickly settle, and find their favourite activities.
Nutritional Menu: Children enjoy the nutritious, home-cooked meals and snacks that the nursery cook provides.
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Holidays 2024/25
| Holidays | Date |
|---|---|
| Autumn Half Term Holidays | 28th Oct 2024 - 1st Nov 2024 |
| Winter Holidays | 23rd 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 | 25th Jul 2025 - 3rd Sep 2025 |
Terms Dates 2024/25
| Terms | Dates |
|---|---|
| Autumn Term | 4th Sep 2024 - 27th Oct 2024 |
| Autumn Term-2 | 2nd Nov 2024 - 22nd 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 - 24th Jul 2025 |
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