Chessington Nursery Achieves 'Good' Rating from Ofsted

7 October 2024

We are pleased to announce that Toad Hall Nursery Chessington has received a GOOD Ofsted rating following their recent inspection. The report positively coveys the warm and welcoming environment we provide for our families, and the dedication of our team members who were identified as ‘good role models’ for the children. 

A group of children holding signs that say we are good

In the report, it was highlighted that the “Staff know children well and build warm and secure relationships with them. Children demonstrate they feel safe and are well settled”. At Toad Hall Nursery, we strive to make our setting a home from home environment where children feel a sense of belonging.


For those just starting at our nursery, we offer several settling-in sessions to ensure the child and parents feel secure when they start. Referring to this, Ofsted said “An effective settling-in procedure is in place to ensure that parents have plenty of opportunities to share information with their child's key person. Children complete several settling-in sessions, which supports staff to learn about children's interests and routines to ensure that the process runs as smoothly as possible.”


Our team were praised for their “good understanding of how children learn” and how the curriculum they have implemented is used to “plan weekly activities to ensure that all children make good progress and reach their curriculum goals.” The report continues to say “Staff are positive role models for behaviour. They give gentle reminders to children about how to behave and encourage children to develop good manners. As a result, children are kind and considerate to each other, and they learn to take turns and share their toys.”


We believe that parental involvement with nursery life is critical and greatly beneficial to the children. Ofsted identified that “Leaders and staff have good relationships with parents, and they provide regular opportunities to involve them and keep them up to date with their children's learning.” The special events we hold such as Sports Day and Parent meetings are all ways we work as a partnership with parents to achieve the best for each child.


Not only do we work hard to ensure the children enjoy their time with us, but we also want our staff to enjoy what they do. Ofsted said “Staff are well supported by leaders, who are passionate about the nursery and their staff team. Leaders support and coach staff effectively to continue to develop and build on their knowledge.”


Jeni Goss, Head of Early Years, Safeguarding & Compliance, said "We are delighted with Toad Hall Chessington’s recent Ofsted outcome of Good! The team have worked incredibly hard, and we are very happy that that recognition was given to the teams hard work by commenting that staff know children well and build warm and secure relationships with them and that children demonstrate they feel safe and are well settled


We were also proud that Ofsted recognised our welcoming and home-from-home environment where children thrive and our well-resourced gardens. Our bespoke curriculum was also praised with Ofsted saying:


“Together, staff have created a curriculum focusing on children's social skills, communication, being healthy and experiencing nature. They

use this to plan weekly activities to ensure that all children make good progress and reach their curriculum goals”


There was also praise for our dedication to keeping children safe by commenting that there is an open and positive culture around safeguarding that puts children's interests first, we couldn’t agree more."


To read the full Ofsted report, click here.

To find out more about Toad Hall Nursery Chessington or to book a tour, please email bridgeroad@toadhall-nursery.co.uk or call 020 8391 4447.


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