Choosing a child’s fist school can be a very hard task, but this is also true of choosing a child’s first nursery setting.
With education taking a massive part in nurseries now, it is essential to get your child in to a good setting to give them the knowledge they need for when they start school. It can be hard to know how to compare one nursery to the next but Ofsted reports can prove vital in these situations.
All nurseries are marked on the same criteria, so you can compare the results accurately. The setting will be marked on certain areas and then given an overall result which would be outstanding, good, notice to improve or inadequate. Many funding programs will not fund a place for a child at a nursery setting that have achieved below good for their last Ofsted inspection.
Ideally you should visit a couple of nurseries to see how you and your child feels about the place before committing to a place.
