NURSERY bosses are “immensely proud” after earning the highest possible rating from Ofsted. 

Rascals Day Nursery, at Fairways Primary School, in The Fairway, Leigh, has been rated “outstanding” following an inspection last month. 

Inspector Clare Ford spoke with parents and received positive feedback before observing the interactions between staff and children.

In a report published this week, she said: “Children receive the utmost care and attention from staff. Interactions are sensitive and nurturing.

“As a result, children demonstrate that they feel safe and secure in the setting.”

The outdoor area was described as “an expansive and exciting natural classroom”.

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Children were said to make “rapid progress in their learning” and communication and language was seen to be “seamlessly woven through the curriculum”.

Parents were reported as speaking positively about the nursery and praised staff for their work.

The safeguarding arrangements were also described as effective with leaders placing a “high priority on safety arrangements and maintaining the premises to a high standard.”

The nursery currently has 107 children on roll aged from one to 11 years old.

There are 21 members of staff who care for nursery age children as well as school aged children before and after school and during school holidays.

Nursery headteacher Karen Curling said: “We are all immensely proud to have achieved an outstanding judgement again. “It shows all our hard work and commitment to the early years has been recognised and acknowledged. 

“I have an amazing team who are genuinely dedicated and passionate in providing the best care and learning for our children and parents and they do this every day. “I want to thank them personally along with all our parents for their continuous support of the nursery.

“The nursery has been running for 16 years and has a long-serving management team (my manager and deputy manager have been with me since we opened). 

“We are well established within the community and feel privileged to be able to care for our youngest members of society.”