A KNOWLE nursery school got
an improved rating from inspectors days before it closed amid a row over its
assessment, it has been revealed.
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Ofsted rated Tommy Nursery
School, Warwick Road satisfactory, one up from the worst rating, inadequate,
last December. It was before rated good in 2011.
The inspection was on
September 25 but was only published this month. The nursery closed on September
30 with owners saying they did not have enough staff.
They said Ofsted had shown an
“unreasonable delay” by not returning sooner after the December inspection.
That inspection found
activities are “limited”, staff have a “poor awareness” of learning, some
children who are “upset, play alone and do not learn effectively”.
But the September visit found
the “new staff team have worked in partnership with others to bring about many
improvements since the last inspection”.
Care was “consistent” and
children “make satisfactory progress in their learning because, overall, staff
provide them with an interesting range of activities that they enjoy”.
More staff needed “coaching
and training that is relevant to their roles” particularly to ensure children
make choices about play and opportunities to play outdoors, it said.
In August, the nursery was
censured by the advertising watchdog for “misleading” claims about its
advertising.
A complaint was made that its
website, knowlenursery.com, stated “Knowle has received ‘Best overall ‘OFSTED’
report - 5 inspection judgements awarded ‘OUTSTANDING’”
The complainant told the Advertising Standards Authority this implied its current Ofsted rating was
outstanding on a scale of inadequate, satisfactory, good and outstanding.
Upholding the complaint, the
ASA said the nursery did not respond.
It said: “The ASA was
concerned by Knowle Nursery School Ltd's lack of response and apparent
disregard for the code.”
The website’s claim “did not
reflect the nursery's current Ofsted report, we concluded it had not been
substantiated and was misleading”. The website is now down.
Ofsted’s website only records the nursery – registered in 2010 – got a rating of good from a June 2011
inspection then inadequate last December and satisfactory this September.
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