Camborne Nursery School

Inspection of an outstanding school: Camborne Nursery School The Glebe, Camborne, Cornwall TR14 7DT

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Outcome

Camborne Nursery School continues to be an outstanding school.

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What is it like to attend this school?

Camborne Nursery School is a nurturing and welcoming school. Staff know the children exceptionally well. This helps children to thrive by making friends and learning about the world. Children love coming to the school. One parent commented that, ‘The school is one of those magical places you thought possible only in children’s fiction.’ Many other parents share similar views.

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What is it like to attend this school?

Children behave extremely well. They quickly learn how to listen. This helps children to learn in a calm, harmonious setting. Children show kindness, friendship and support to each other. Children know the routines and expectations very well.

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What is it like to attend this school?

Children are excited to be at the school. They choose what and how they are going to learn through play, music and stories. Children learn about nature by exploring the flowers and trees in the garden. Staff are highly skilled in nurturing children’s imaginations. For example, one child talked about ‘listening to the clouds’ in the garden. Children learn how to express their ideas and feelings exceptionally well. The school prepares children extremely well for the next stage of their education.

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

Camborne provides an outstanding quality of education. Leaders, staff and governors are highly ambitious for children to love learning and achieve well. They use leading research to shape their curriculum. They understand the needs and interests of the children exceptionally well.

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

Staff understand the needs of children with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND) very well. Staff adapt the way they teach to respond to the children’s interests and needs. Consequently, all children access the curriculum successfully and confidently.

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

Leaders have made language and literacy a priority. Children learn to develop strong language skills through rhymes, stories and play. They also learn Makaton to help them to 1 October 2019

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communicate. As a result, children can share their ideas and feelings well. For example, I observed children discussing leaves, flowers and insects in great depth.

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The teaching of early reading is very well organised. Children listen to adults read carefully selected stories. Children love listening to stories. They learn many stories and rhymes by heart, which helps their language and literacy development. Children have many opportunities to ‘read’ the pictures in high-quality books. Children talk insightfully about the feelings of the characters in the pictures and are well prepared to tackle more complex reading activities.

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Leaders have designed and created an exciting curriculum that enriches children’s experiences of the world. For example, children travel to the local beach by train. They visit the local library and receive library cards. They visit the local farm to see where their milk comes from. Children told the inspectors about pressing the apples in the orchard to make apple juice.

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The curriculum enables children to develop physically exceptionally well. Children learn about the world around them, for example through woodwork. They bang nails with a hammer and drill holes into wood. Children are enthusiastic. In the orchard, they navigate trees, shrubs and beds excitedly. Children develop exceptionally strong personal and social skills. Through playing, activities and exploring in the orchard, children learn to take turns, share and support each other. Children learn very quickly to be independent learners. They take care of themselves and each other.

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Staff say that leaders have prioritised their well-being. They say that leaders listen to them. As a result, leaders have reduced staff workload, enabling them to focus on teaching and learning. Staff share the vision of leaders for happy, confident, independent children. Staff are proud to work at the school.

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Safeguarding

The arrangements for safeguarding are effective.

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Safeguarding

Leaders make sure that children are kept safe. Staff receive effective training. They refer any concerns swiftly. Leaders follow these up quickly. Leaders work well with external agencies to make sure children get the help that they need. Leaders’ checks on staff who work at the school are recorded accurately.

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Safeguarding

Staff know the children and their families very well. The curriculum includes children learning how to keep safe. For example, they learn how to move safely around the school. Parents strongly agree that their children are safe at the school. 1 October 2019

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Background

When we have judged a maintained nursery school to be outstanding we will then normally go into the school about once every four years to confirm that the school remains outstanding. This is called a section 8 inspection of a good school or non-exempt outstanding school. We do not give graded judgements on a section 8 inspection. However, if we find some evidence that the school could now be better than good or that standards may be declining, then the next inspection will be a section 5 inspection. Usually this is within one to two years of the date of the section 8 inspection. If we have serious concerns about safeguarding, behaviour or the quality of education, we will convert the section 8 inspection to a section 5 inspection immediately.

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Background

This is the second section 8 inspection since we judged Camborne Nursery School to be outstanding on 14 May 2012.

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How can I feed back my views?

find out what other parents and carers think. We use Ofsted Parent View information when deciding which schools to inspect, when to inspect them and as part of their inspection.

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How can I feed back my views?

The Department for Education has further guidance on how to complain about a school.

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Further information

You can search for published performance information about the school.

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Further information

In the report, ‘disadvantaged pupils’ refers to those pupils who attract government pupil premium funding: pupils claiming free school meals at any point in the last six years and pupils in care or who left care through adoption or another formal route. 1 October 2019

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School details

Inspection number 10058440 Type of school Nursery

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School details

Appropriate authority The governing body

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governing body

Website www.camborne-nursery.cornwall.sch.uk

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governing body

Date of previous inspection 24 November 2015

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Information about this school

 Camborne Nursery School is a maintained nursery, catering for children from the ages of 2 to 5 years.  The school provides a breakfast club and after-school club on the school site.  Most children are White British.

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Information about this inspection

 Inspectors held meetings with all members of staff, including senior and middle leaders.  We evaluated the quality of education by looking in detail at the teaching of literacy, personal, social and emotional development, and physical development. Inspectors discussed the curriculum design with leaders, carried out lesson visits, scrutinised children’s learning journals work and spoke to children, teachers and key workers, from the lessons visited, about the curriculum.  Inspectors evaluated the effectiveness of safeguarding. The school’s single central record was reviewed. We met with the designated safeguarding lead, scrutinised 1 October 2019

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documentation, including a sample of case files, and spoke to children and staff.  The lead inspector met with some governors, including the chair of governors.  Inspectors took account of the 34 responses to the Ofsted Parent View survey, and 34 additional free-text responses. An inspector met with a few parents at the beginning of the inspection.

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Inspection team

Susan Aykin, lead inspector Her Majesty’s Inspector

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Inspection team

Martin Greenwood Ofsted Inspector 1 October 2019

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