Dowry House Nursery School

Highlights from Latest Inspection

Summary of key findings for parents

This provision is outstanding The leadership and management of the nursery are exceptionally strong.

Managers are incredibly skilled and provide superb support and guidance for the staff team. For example, through rigorous performance management and supervisions. As a result, a wave of outstanding teaching and practice has been strongly embedded across the long-standing and highly qualified staff team.

The emotional well-being of the children is at the very heart of nursery practice. Staff give extraordinary value to children and their contributions, taking great care and time to listen to what children have to say. Children thrive in this caring and nurturing environmen...t and develop highly impactful relationships with their key person.

Planning and interactions with children are sharply focussed and informed. Children become entirely absorbed in their learning and continuously demonstrate the abundance of knowledge and learning they have achieved. All children make excellent progress.

Parents are highly valued as their children's first educators and are fully involved in their children's learning. Parents are widely encouraged to continue learning at home. For example, staff provide very specific information on activities parents can carry out at home.

Partnership working with other professionals is equally outstanding. Children demonstrate exceptional manners and develop high sensitivity towards others' needs and feelings. Staff shower children in praise, which is precise to children's actions, further promoting children's superb understanding and exemplary behaviour.